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AND CENTRAL ALSERTA NEWS. 


LACOMBE, ALBERTA, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1909 NO 49 4 


The W.E. Lord Co. 


Globe Still Knocking Lacombe. 


| Local and General, 


Alead Office, -. QUEBEC. The Editor Advertiser: In ref- 
ae i erence to the controversy, going 
Comparative Miss Newn ‘spent Monday io | on for some time, and what one of 


Calgary with friends. your contributors said in reference 
to the Ways a town could be 
knocked and Lacombe had been 
knocked and was being knocked 


and that the Editor Western Globe 


Figures.For *° 
eur Mat Peddie has gone to Banft 


for a few arfdnths stay. 


Fifteen Years 


Reserve and Undivided Profits ~Aunger & Shute, dental parlors, 


, May Slat © 1895, © 1,200,000. 
we 900, SB 


May Sist } 346,460, . : ) ‘ 

ae gee See we io : 573.117. upstairs over Morris & Taylor’e}was the chief transgressor, the How Can | Make 

Feb. teh 190 R301 400. Feb. 27th 1908, 2015050, || bardware store, gorrespondent was speaking from 
Deponite Total Assets ‘ the Book. : 

May Siet 8 4,904,128. May 31 éo0. Mrs. G. T. Jackson left on Sun- 

wt TR cate ny iat” 160, 7 soon, ST id Wide: lads ta reeves the House Money 

Byte} i ree one eT 100 day for Ontario where she will) (" ~ 5 

Fob:2ieh 1908, 25.005. 806 Nov. 30th 1908, 34,062,408. “ |] spend the summer. unjustifiable attacks on the farmer . 
java MBE gy) Mar. 3let''1909, 35,128,244. he has been put on the defence ,has Spin Out? 


break looks queerer than ever i®/friends. In his yreat ambition to Answer—‘Keep close watch on Lord’s ‘sc 
. the light of ite last knocking 4F-| yet after one of the correspondent| / store news.”’ The most reliable grocer- 
¢ ticle. ' | he has left the query in the minds ies priced as closely as GOOD groceries 
”~ ale eae es bo aD Lat a Ln ee Another week of splendid grow-}°f the public whether or no there can be priced. For maranee take a 
a 8 EN LEN SS B |ivg weather. Prospects for. a[is not a merchants combine or double look over this week’s list. Some 
O%, | bumper crop grow’ daily brighter, whether or no there is not a $100 of the items are lower than usual. 
4 > : penalty for any merchant selling Others are our simply regular every day 
Q) , y 
A P. M Sn 4 fire. J. a stopped I ielow a set price. -.This all arose prices, et 
* i y over here this week on their wa Su ae : fig 
Ww 0o an Ss as |to New York ‘City, ‘whee th Y {from a report of an agricultural RAISINS--choice Valencia raisins 
\ : R) a ne eh MASE VET meeting wherein a member of the per ib . . i. 10 ¢c 
y “ vie Qe |expect to reside in fiiture. Soubtaral eoci bag oe 
be Ghance! f ‘ Lacie asia sae cabin, salle CURRANTS--extra clean stock, Ib 10 ¢ 
4 : = © 4 5 Next Wednesday is the date of graph in what was termed “talk 
W 4 . , on the side,” but nothing like the COFFEE--Green Rio, per Ib = I5 Cc 
= % aR the big stock sale at ‘Lacombe. © It R t Ri ib 20¢ 
4! PIIPPPPIPPAS j : : above was said in that report or oas 0, per . 
Ni fe» | will pay farmers well to attend, ev- : Special Java, per Ib 25 ¢ 
ie ( é y : tote en though they may not wish to by the Editor of Advertiser so APPLES--best tit , ee 
= 2 i ae that this must. have been inside in- --best quality evapora 
f ty 7 y purchase at this time. 
Ww Or a good opportuni 7 * formation between himself and the apples per Ib - - lic 
Oo > rt 3 " The Lacombe Brick Co. com=} merchants TOMATOES--ta 
a % . =-the choicest quality 
f for a speculator to menaced work last week on theif] Then the handiwork of a mer- " only, per tin e a Isc 
| a AS first kiln for this season. Giv. fi isible i 
“p make money. fa % % sa chant or merchants was visible in per case < $3.10 
ww - air weather, this year’s output will his attack on the president of the m CORN-=per tin = . , a4 c 
. ww dp | de considerably barger than. last) Lacombe creamery. It goes with-| 1 er case ; . $2.60 
- \ " aay TENE Y | year’s: Pout siyibg that the p.esident-msf ioe icimiivenmonmeravel ameter 
\ ~~ Good quarter section 7 miles out from | sks ciectnaaail debility nae woige Herrings in tomato sauce _- isc 2. 
| ) LT: b 45 brok f y All farmers and ranchers among | | oe P y 
‘ acombe. 40 acres broken, partly enced, oe ea 1, | Of censure against anyone connect- 
y good soil. . Price $1,400. our subscribers, who are not al- 


Good quarter section 1 mile toni railway 
station and creamery and school. Price if 
taken at once $1,100. 


; de> | by just telling us so. Remember 
Z “fs ae ye as 
. A ceed kf > Al oe intl ond the “two papers for the ac:ion of the dealers in farm STORES ; 
Ww good. stock farm, 2 miles from cream- ¢ ae oe abO8 
; $1400. T * Trad : l $1.00, the price of one. products in Lacombe last seasor L_LACOMBE RED DEER 
ery, - Lerms easy. rade for horses y did embarrass the creamery mao- 
y and ¢attle. 4 . Gull Lake summer resort is op-| agement. With them it was very 
f } ‘ ’ y eaing early thie year. A number} much a case of “killing the goose 
We A five roomed house and lot 50x140 close AK | of people are already settled there| iat jaid the golden egg.” = 
yy in, well and pump, rented $10 per month. Q& |for the suaiater. ‘The ice has been might be said that at Morningside : | 
p, price $1,000, $250 down, balance: to suit y uncommonly slow in breaking up| the merchants are practically run- le 
Cs Y purchaser. p a ‘lon baw this iy: i. ning the creamery. The cream- 
: S a... | week’s advices say it still holds to- _, . 
nk An 8 roomed house and large lot, price ; f ._ {ery does all the butter business. 
’ $250 d b b Fis | cent cm ot pobre: theie is One of the merchants is cashier 
wy whe atape. ean bo wha GA [open water all around the edges. and pays the farmers spot cash at ie 
i . > y, 
. . “ait 4 rooms, nice lot, price 44 Mrs: Geo. F. Root bas received the end of each month. This 
yé $600. erms. , the sad intellig nce of the death of | season they expect to make 50,000 
A, 3 roomed cottage with stable, $700, 2x | ber aged. mother, who passed away | 'bs. . 20 Head Of Horses 
N\. j|at ber home in Gilmore City, lowa,| The distributing of 10 or §$12- 
W Terms easy. : ha. = vio deine : rises $ both sexes, all weights, broken and unbroken. 
3 AT dh . . : f May 14th,, Decessed has been an|000 in a district is a pretty good 
ps roomed house with large barn, price fe> |invalid.since last September, aud|thiny for a town. 1 Shorthorn Bull, rising 3 years. 1 Yorkshire Sow. 


. $2500. $250 cash, balance by monthly rent. © 


A ‘ A fine assortment of first class furniture, including 
, Town lots from $85 up and easy terms were attended with extreme suffer-| and on the south Blackfalds. Lo- ! 
: sd bepineat. ’ ME | ing. “Sbeletives two daughters a: d| cally the price: may be fairly good ee ee oe eet stand, bed 
q ML, three sons to mourn her. loss with so much butter drawn away PRCT One Teresa aE OU Pe 
( i, , : aN ) - c F ; 
= ) ab Serip is down in price. .Now is the “go> |B:d Deer News. but Lacombe will not get the Winchester hi eager Pied separator, bold inten H 
¥ time to’buy. The Y.P.8.0°E. of St, Ap.{@antity which will go to our 3 sets double driving harness, several cases 0 


First class saddle pony, with new Eng- 
. lish saddle; make a first class polo pony; 
@ about 14 
‘Price with saddle $125 


é@ can insure your horses and cattle 
agua death from any cause. Rates low. 
’ Why run any risk? Call and see us. 


~* =< 


Employment Aaenty. ne 


Ww, Crow & ‘Son, 


Lacombe, neta, 


“W. F. GRAHAM, Manager. | 


hands, weight About. 850 Ibs. 4X 


> 


The Globe’s hundred dollar 


ready getting the Farm and Ranch 
Review, can have it sent free for 
a year along with The Advertiser 


the list few daye of her illness 


drew’s church, baving secured the 
services of a representative of the 
Vieter Gramophone Co., will hold 
an entertainment in their assembly 
hall, the church basement, on Fri- 
day éveuing, May 28th, at eight 
o'clock. *This' is an opportunity 
for lovers of miusic to enjoy a treat, 
for being under the direct manage- 
ment of the Victor OCv,,. the best 
productions of the world’s most 
famous artists will be presented. 
Local talent will also be represent- 
ed on the program. Cote your. 
self, bring your. friends, and spend 
& pleasant evening.’ A silver col- 
lection will be taken. 


roped in some of his merchant 


ed with the creamery. 
one who has knowledge of its in- 


the question has been raised, thai 


But as 


We pay Cash for your Produce 


THE W. E. LORD COMPANY, 


ward workings, we say now sine 


On the west we have Bentley 


excellent biscuits of various kinds, etc., etc. 


MURPHY’S YARD, 


aturday May 29, 09 


Commencing at 2 p. m, sharp. 


Further entries respectfully 
solicited. Received up to morn- 


neighbors and naturally the trade 
and money will go also and here 
we have seen the spectacle of a 
district paper knocking the man 
who has been working for years 
to obviate such a condition. 
ANOTHER FARMER, 


Word has been received here 
of the death of Dorothy M., 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T, 
Pearden, at Sydney, N, S., on 


May 2nd. The Peardens are well nso 
sain Mba: Nis Poarti swore, goof Sale. 


formerly been in business here. H. THORNTON BOLT, 


The deceased was in her 21st PHONE 100. 
year. ) P. 0. BOX 88. Auctioneer. 


(Continued.) 


CHAPTER VI. 

z= Tuncbeon Richard was -present- 

‘ea to Mrs. Renwyck, nee Cor- 

tigan, a kindly disposed mid- 

die aged woman of ample pro- 
portions, whose money had enabled ber 
to marry above her and who had since 
been desperately endeavoring to live 
up to the obligations of her position, 
‘To her # lord was a lord, indeed, and 
at first she was rather inclined to stand 
in awe of the Earl of Croyland’s title, 
bat-before luncheon ‘was over she bad 
Jost her nervousness and was begin- 
ming to feel toward him as though he 
‘were a real American. Miss Harriet 
RenwJ®k was charming, sitting oppo- 
site Richard, who, having crossed his 
first bridge with flying colors, grew 
more confident, though careful not to 
overact. his role. Thanks to the in- 
struction ofthe exemplary Bills, he 
was steering a safe course among the 
forks too, The Texan discussed Amer- 
ica with his host, who admitted can- 
didly that. Richard’s views 
broader than those of any Englishman 
he had ever known. Concerning the 
present policy of Great Britain Mr. 
Renwyck found his guest strangely 
reticent. The conversation then turned 


were ; 


bia vid 


cowboy saddle, “bet 4ehd 
to content himself with a flat seated 
Bnglish riding affair, tb which, Mr. | 
Renwyck remarked, he wotld feel 
more at home doubtless, 

The Texan turned, smiling, to his 
host. 

“Half an hour, did you say, Mr. Ren- 
wyck? I'm afraid you are about to 
lose a Valuable horse.” 

“And I'm afraid,” muttered the oth- 
er under his breath, “that the house of 
lords is about to lose a valuable mam- 
ber.” 

“No fear,” said Richard softly, catch- 
ing his remark. 

“Be careful of the stirrup, sir,” 
warned the deferential groom. “He'll 
shy when you raise your foot, sir.” 

Richard thanked the man, stepped 
near the horse quietly and for a mo 


upon various topics, social and per-|_ 


sonal, .ending in horsefiesh, which 
with Mr. Renwyck was a passion. 

“Lord Croyland,” he said, “I’m really 
worried as to what to do with a horse 
of mine called Hawk. He is demoral- 
izing my whole stable.” 

“And what is . the 
Hawk?” Richard asked, : 

“Everything,” exclaimed his host. 
“A magnificent animal, but- a very 
devil. I beg your pardon; Mrs, Ren- 
wyck, but it's true. Why, sir, there 
isn’t a man on my place who dares to 
put his leg across his back.” 

“Ever try ‘an outsider?” asked the 
guest, forgetting bis part in his inter- 
est in the horse. 

“Yes,” returned Mr. Renwyck. “There 
‘was a jockey up here last week. 1 of- 
fered -him $20. for_every asipute he 
kept the saddle, By a stop watch he 
earned about 10 cents and told me that 
he wouldn't have the beast for a 
precious gift.” 

“Too bad,” murmured = Richard. 
“Really, 1 should like uncommonly 
‘well to try him.” 

“You!” cried Mr. Renwyck in genu- 
ine surprise. He paused to laugh. “1 
know you Englishmen are pretty good 
horsemen, Lord Croyland, but I'll tell 
you what—if you ride Hawk for half 
an hour witliout a spill I'll make youa 
present of him.” 

“Done!” said Richard. 

“On conditions,” added the other 
eraftily. 

“And those?” 

“If you fail you'll) buy bim at my 
own price.” 

“Done again!” said Richard quietly. 

But bere Mrs. Renwyck and her 
daughter protested vigorously. They 
would not have their guest murdered 
before their eyes for a foolish wager. 
‘There were other horses in the stable 
of which Lord Croyland might bave 
his pick, so why jeopard life and 
limb on this crazy, cranky brute that 
had proved titmself so dangerous? 
After much discussion the matter was 
compromised, They would inspect the 
horse after luncheon and then decide. 
Mrs. Renwyck believed that her guest 
after once seeing the anima! would 
change bis mind. 

To Richard, who bad been born in 
the eaddie, so to speak, without re- 
fiecting on his mother, the prospect of 
conquering» Hawk was as wive on a 
‘thirsty toper’s tongue. Since leaving 
Texas hin very knees bad pined to 
grip a horse's barrel, and now it was 
with the greatest difficulty that his 
rising spirits were held in check. 

Miss Harriet was divided between 
fear of ap almost certain accident and 
the wish to see this young man ride. 
There was sowething about this easy, 
loose knit figure which inspired confi- 
dence. There was something, too— 
just what she could not say—that re 
called a memory of plunging cattle, a 
face that loomed, through clouds of 
@ust, a steady arm that swept ber 
from: the saddle, and then—oh, nop 
sense! She liked this smooth shaver 
Buglishmas, and yet—she could like 
an unshaven cowboy too. 

When they finished luncheon they 
repaired to the paddock, and Hawk 


trouble with 


¢ 


was led from the stable, two grooms | 
banging warily to the double balter 


etraps. He was a powerful roan, with 
a glossy coat and massive shoulders. 
‘The smal! head told of bieod and spir- 
it. The ears lay back, aud the white 
of his eyes gleaming wickedly seemed 
to bear out Mr. Renwyck's statement 
as to bis nasty temper. 

“Umph!" said Richard critically. 
“Looks as if he wanted to put the 
gloves on with us, doesn’t he?’ 
stepped forward, 
along Hawk's muscle quivering witb- 
ere. “Jumper?” 

“Yes, sir," returned the appreciative 
head groom; “four foot eight, sir, with 
# clean hoof.” 

Richard nodded. 


“Just saddle him, will you, my good | 


He | 
running bis band | 


| 


| 


“pearly to faint with terror. 


The rvan sought by every equine trick he 

knew to unscat hie master. 
ment stroked his neck. The animal 
stood with drooping head and a look 
of docile innocence which to a prac- 
ticed eye was a precursor of certain 
mischief. There was an instant’s” 
pause. The young man gathered up) 
the reins, stooped slightly. then ofa. | 
denly shot upward, landing squarely 
inthe-saddle’ and slipping-tis feet inte | 
the swinging stirrups. It was a ‘fa- 
miliar range trick and deftly carried 
out. 

“It fs difficult to say which were the 
more astonished, the grooms, Mr. Ren- 
wyck or Hawk himself, who squatted, 
reared and wheeled sharply to the left, 
Failing in the first attempt to rid bim- 
self of an unwelcome burden, the ani- 
mal reared again, spinning on the 
pivot of bis heels, but stopped at the 
stab of steel between his ribs. ~ 

Then began a battle which caused | 
Miss Renwyck to hold her breath in 
admiration and alarm and her mother 
Her fa- | 
ther forgot his wager and his dignity 
and danced in excitement, shouting 
encouragement to’ the daring rider. 
The roan, now thoroughly enraged, | 
sought by every equine trick he knew 
to unseat his maocter, but in vaio. If 
he bolted to right or left he felt a 
weight swing inward at the turn; if 
he reared two maddening spurs were 
dug into bis flanks, while the effort to 
lower bis bead was checked by an tron 
hand. 

Presently the horse stood etill, as 
though he were thinking deeply, then 
suddenly plunged away on a dead 
straight line. For twenty yards he 
raced, then spread out his legs and 
slid, in the budding bope that his rider 
might continue on, but io this he was 
bitterly disappointed. He felt the 
agony of a cruel curb that gripped his 
tongue and found himself forced back 
upon his hauncbes, while bis tenacious 
rider still remained astride his back. 

Now, Hawk was not a single minded 
brute and bad, so to speak, avother 
project up his sleeve. Without warn- 
ing he dropped upon the turf and roll- 
ed. Richard jumped. He alighted up- 
on his feet, run backward to avoid 
the vicious hoofs, and as the horse 
rose be mounted with a fying vault, 
while from bis audience came a cheer 
that was music to the vanity of man 
and a furiher Irritation to the horse. 


| 


The roan repeated bis experiment the | - 
second time, but with the same result, | 
then once more bolted on the run, this 
time for tbe four foot fence of the 


paddock. To dasb bf rider against a 
rough oak post was a most commenda- 
ble design in a horse, but the rider 
wus otherwise disposed. The Texan ' 
gave bis steed a lvose, free rein, but | 
as he’ neared the barrier checked bim 
sharply and appiled the spur. Hawk 
quivered, crouched, then took the fence | 
like a soariug bird. 

Outside a smooth road stretched | 
away till lost behind the crest of a dis- | 
tant bill, Up this bighway the big 
yoan thundered as though old Tam o’ 
Sbanter cowered upon bis back, with 
a horde of witches streaming far out 
bebind. 

The heart of Richard had been sing- 
ing with a conqueror’s joy, and doubt- 
less his reekless tongue might bave 
taken up the song but for au unex- 
pected check. As he lunded fn the 
road beyond the feace he spied a little | 
ced faced man who had clapped an 
Clanse with two plump white ha=ds, 
it was not so much the Frain Me atmo bim- 
self that troubled Richard's mind. but 


down the road at an easy canter, evi- 


dently master of the situation. 

“He well, father, doesn’t he?” 

“He Goes,” the old gentleman replied 
and added something which qualified 
a firm opinion. 

Richard soon reached thé paddock 
fence, forcing his jaded mount to take 
it for a second time, crossed the fleld 
and dismounted at Miss Harriet’s side, 
The horse stood still, his head drooped 
again, but this time in utter weariness, 
not mischief. His glossy coat was 
streaked with foam, his widespread 
nostrils inflamed and red, while his 
barre! heaved to the pant of his labor 
ed breath. He shivered in defeat and 
offered no resentment of his rider's 
arm about his neck In @ rough caress. 

“Look bere, young man,” said Mr. 
Renwyck's greeting, “where did you 
learn to ride Iike that?” 

“IL was uncommonly. keen on riding 
as a boy.” said Richard, falling into 
a lazy ‘drawl, “and, besides, | stayed 
for several months in ‘Texas, you. 
know.” 

Miss Harriet started and fixed a 
searching gaze on the speaker's face, 
but ber father nodded gravely. 

“Umph!” he returned, “I see. Good 

instructors, those fellows on the plains, 
eh?” 
“Well, ratber.” assented Richard, 
with a laugh. “My trainer was a gen> 
tleman known colloquially as Dog 
Faced Sam, though I dare say his par- 
ents never bothered to christen him at 
all, -Jolly sort, those—er—cow chaps, 
"pon my word!” 

There was a short silence; then Mr. 
Renwyck blurted out abruptly: “Well, 
the horse is yours, of course. You rode 
him for a full half bour.” 

Richard took out his watch, glanced 
at it and closed it with a snap and a 
sigh. 

“Twenty-eight minutes!” he exclaim- 
ed in well assumed dismay. “By Jove, 
I’ve lost my wager!” 

“Hold on there.” cried the old gentle- 
man, but laughing in spite of bis ear- 
nestness, “you can’t squirm out of it 
that way. Why, bless my soul, you 
could have stuck on him till he drop- 
ped dead. No, Lord Croyland, I’m not 
a_.welsher, nor do IL shy at.a margin of 
two minutes. No, sir, Hawk is yours!” 

For answer Richard made a twitch 
of his thimb and finger, opened the 
horse's mouth and pointed to a badly 
swollen gum. 

“He has a bad tooth, Mr. Renwyck, 
which perhaps accounts for his ugly 
temper. ‘Fir yramPyowir naa 
different animal.” 

“What bas that to do with the bet?” 
demanded Mr. Renwyck obstinately. 

Richard fastened in his monocle aft- 
er a desperate struggie and smiled 
and instantly lost bis labor, for when- 
ever he smiled it dropped out again. 

“Couldn't think of accepting a dif- 
ferent animal, y’ know. Really, as 
Bills says, it wouldn't hit off with my 
conscience.” 

“Croyland,” said the old gentleman. 
thrusting out his band, “1 didn't take 
to you much at first. But if you'll 
come with me to the ‘bouse I'll fitro 
duce you to something that I keep 
strictly for friends.” 

Mr. Renwyck ‘led the way with his 
wife. while Miss Harriet and the guest 
came sauntering after him. 

“Lord Cropland.” the young. lady 
whispered, “I don’t admire you espe- 
clally because you know how to man- 
age a horse—I've known: other men 
who could do that—but”— 

“But what?” 

“I do admire you for knowing how 
to manage father. May I decorate you 
with this rose?’ 

(To be Continued.) 


TONY MARATT’. 


Tony Maratt’ eesa yo'ng 'Merican, 
Kiorn an’ raise’ up een dees beautiful lan’. 
Padre from Genoa, madre from Rom’, 
Lung tima seence to dees countra ees 
com’, 
Nevva mind dat! 
Look at heem now! From da sola heer 
feet 
. To da toppa hees hat. 
Mos’ evrawhere dat you walk een’ da 
* styleesh yo'ng man you 
Tony Maratt’. 
Strong ees dees Tony Maratt’ lke hees 


pa. 
Ah, but hees heart eesa sof’ like hees 
ma! 
So svense las’ year w'en hees padre ees 
die 
Tony Maratt’ ain't do notheeng but cry. 
W'at you theenk dat? 
“Padre ees worka too hard for hees pay, 
An' jus’ see w'at he gat! 
My, eet ees sad he should go deesa way! 
Now, I mus’ leeve for da madre,” ees say 
Tony Maratt', 


Madre Maratt’, now da padre ces dead, 
Gotta work harda for maka da bread. 


‘ Teny ees sad for da padre, but steell 


Jus’ for da madre he tryin’ to feel 
Happy an’ fat. 

“Don'ta be scare’, leetia madre,” say he. 
“I no die lika dat. 

I ain’t gon’ workin’ at all, for, you see, 

You ain't got nobody iefta but me— 
Tony Maratt'.” 

~—T. A, Daly in Catholic Standard and 

Times. 


Accommodating. 

“Cynthia Brown has such a nice 
young man,” confided the postmistress 
at Bacon Ridge. “He ia much better 
than that other beecu she used to 
have.” 

“Have you ever met bim, dear?” 
asked old Mrs. Scribbs, who came in 
with a bucket of eggs. 

“Er—no, but he writes all his love 
ving right on postal cards, and I 

ea have the least bit of trouble to 

ret ey word of them.”—Chicago 


| 


with « a flirtations laugh, + 
“Let's seel Why, you've known me 
only a month,” the pretty ie 
jected. “You've never even seen th 
rest of the family!” 

oe You mesh Henry?” he said. 

“Of course I n Henry!” she ex- 
Claimed. “Who else could 1 mean? 
The very iden of sence winner pro- 
pose to me, Mr, Barton, wit Sever 
baving ee Henry. The a Fah 
loves me love hitn ‘too. He tiust 
think that Henry f the Mndsomest, 
Gnest little fellow in the world. 

“Oh, fou don't 
baby as Henry means to a young 
mother. He is her jogp her hope, her 
life. Mr. Barton. The man she lover 
must share her feelings about her 
ebild, You undérstand,-don't you?’ 

The man nodded. 

“But how am 1 to share your love 
for the child—how am Hever to meet 
him—if you don't give me the chance?” 
he demanded. “I call in the evening. 
and the nurse is just putting bim: to 
bed. 1 stop by in the afternoon, and 
you and Heury have gone out for a 
ride. 

“Something always happens to keep 
Henry out of my sight... I've a 
come to believe that he is a myph, a 
prattling phantom that willfully ¢iudes 
me.” 3 

“How can you, fir, Barton,-use the * 
word ‘prattling when spéaking of 
Henry?" she demanded, trying’ to keep 
a serious face. “The little dear doesn't 
prattle—he talks!” 

“Indeed?” he exclaimed, “I bardiy | 
thought Ke was old enongh to"— {- 

“Certainly he’s old enough.” she in- 
terrupted. “He can say ‘mamma’ just 
beautifully, and at present I'm concen- 
trating my energtes on getting him to 
say ‘dear mamma‘ ani “pursie’ and | 
other necessary, words.” 

The light of inspiration flashed over 
James Barton's: 

“Why don’t you teach him my 
name?” he asked eagerly,’ “It’s very 
easy—just Jim, you know. Then when 


Henry and 1 do. get acquainted we'll. 


start on terms of friendship Without 


‘any preliminaries!" » + 


“Oh, what an idea!” she coped. 
“Why, of course Henry shall be taught 
to say—Jim.” 

Barton noticed with ‘a thrill the 
blush that tinged her cheek even as 
her tongue hesitated at the name. 

“Well, when Shall I see bin?” be 
asked. “Let me_make an engagement 
with you and Henry.” 

“Let me see—this is the 20th, isn’t 
it?’ she mused. “Well, on the jst 
of next month, in the afternoon, the 
—the Young Mothers’ club méets at 
my house, You can come arotind then 
and have tea with us. Henry will be 
wearing bi sbest frock in’your honor.” 

“Fine and daody!” declared Barton 
as he lifted his hat in farewell. “I'll 
be on hand, Mrs. Kenton, you sua be 
eure.” 

On the eventful afternoon Barten 
came, as he had said; a smile of confi- 
dence lighting his face—a smile that, 
alas, faded as quickly as the blush of 
a debutante. 

Mrs. Kenton greeted him with a 
warm hand clasp, and the next mo- 
ment’ he found bimself in a dgawing 
room filled with young, w . He 
was the only man in sight, and. bis 
knees trembled as the rapia fire intro- 
ductions began. 

But he ‘faced, like a hero, the chorus 
of “Uh!” “Delighted!” and “How charm- 
ing!” and came through with face un- 
flushed. 

Tea was served and the meeting 
gave promise of passing off pleasantly 
ebough. But the blow fell when the 
president, a middle aged woman with 
a twinkle of humor in her eye; arose 
for the first formal announcement, 

“Ladies,” she said mildly, “several 
of us, as is our custom, have brought 
our children with us—the proper thing 
for young mothers to do. These chil- 
dren, as you are aware, are’ upstairs 
in care of two of our wpet loyal spoth- 
ers. 

“Each of us has riabined with pa- 


| tence, be it said, to praises of: anotb- 


er’s prodigy. But now we are prepar- 
ed to learn the truth, There is a geb- 
tleman in our midst. He shall see the 
ehildren and make formal report to us 


_a8 to which is the prettiest!” 


Barton's heart went right down into 
his patent leathers as be turned upon 
Mrs. Kenton with a look of unforgty- 
ing reproach. 

“Really, | djdn’t do it!” she whis- 
pered, “It’s one of the surprises the 
elub always springs on the hostess— 
‘pow my soul it is!” 

There was no doubting the sincerity 
of her tove, and Barton, summoning 
ito his aid every fiber of his courage, 
‘rose to protest. The quick eyed presi- 
dent divined his intention, and she 
gave bim no chance to utter a word, 

“The young gentleman may wigb' to 
protest that be is not a good judge of 
children,” she declared, “but-we can- 


redlize what guch a’ 


never 
{ 


With the slip: 
tween his ‘began 
to scan dtentlt. abeore I, tae’ by one, 
the faces of the se ‘He found no 
distinguishing marks on the first rhree, 
but at the fourths be hesitated, and bis 
breath came faster. ‘ : 

Surély those large, inquiring blue 
eyes weré the eyes of. Mra Kenton. and 
of a certainty that delicate, tinély chis- 
eled little nose wis very like the nose 
of Mrs. Kenton. 

“Here's where ‘J win hands down!" 
he brenthed, stigiti bis conscience. “I 
don’t ‘caren rap whether this chap is 
really the best looking or not—he gets 
the prize.” 

He reached out bis arms toward the 
child, when a voice behind stopped 

him. 

“Jim-JudJum-Jim—ma-ina 

It was certainly bis na as plain as 
accents could get it. He turned to be- 
hold a lively: tot pawing the: air with 
his chubby -bands. * 

“Jim-Jum-ma-ma!* the baby -erted, 
delighted at being noticed. 

With one'swoop Barton grabbed the 
child, for the first glance told him be- 
yond doubt that this was Mrs, Ken- 


ee 


ton’s baby. With the, youngster.in His 


arms he rushed down stairs. and 
-broke tn upon the stated young moth: 
ers. 
“Ladies,” he ex@nimed triumphantly. 
“1 pick. this child as the prettiest of 
ay” 
“Oh, you dear, dear man!” whispered 
the hostess, takiig the baby into her 
arms and kissing bim energetically. 
But Barton did: not! answer until all 
the other mothers had gone, Then he 
said the thing most datural. 
| “Don't you. think your boy might be 
taught to say ‘papy?’" be asked with 
more sincerity than bumor in his voice. 
“Perbups #0,” replied Mrs. Kenton, 
smiling happily. “Come, Henry.” she 
» coaxed, “say ‘papa’ for meee. won't 
you?” 
» But Henry only cooed “Juan Jide 
mam-tma-Jim!” 


4 


Et Cetera. 

He ‘is a poor. little anaes’, boy 
whose mamma isso busy with moth- 
ers’ meetings and club conventions and 
such important mafters that she really 
hasn’t time to attend to ber children. |. 
This little boy was entertaining a cay- 


nal caller while his mottier was _up- | 


stairs potting the tinishing touches to 
her toilet. Said the.tittle boy, whose 
own toilet was sadly: “{n need of atten- 
tion: 

“What does e. te. mean?” 

“E. t. ¢.?” asked the caller. 

“Yes,” said the ‘little boy. “It’s a 
sort of a word, It's in a bos was 
reading.” 

“Ob!” said the caller. “Etc. ts an ab- 
breriation. It is Latin. It stands for 
et cetera.” _ : 

|" ‘The ifttle boy “looked puxzlgd. 
not in Latin yet,” he said. 

“Et cetera,” éxpjained the caller, 
“means—well, it meats ‘and so on,’” 

The little boy was thoughtful for a 
moment, and then he said: 

“Il wish my mamma could find time 
to yd Page oe the buttons on. my pants.” 

taking in his @isheveled appear. 
ie ag visitor murmured, “Amen.”— 
New York Times, é 
ARIE: Z iam swr, <9 
A Seasonable Remedy. 

A poor woman, understanding that 
Oliver Goldsmith was a physician and 
hearing of bis great humanity, solicit 
ed him by letter to send ber something 
for her husband, who had lost bis ap- 
petite and was reduced to a oéost_mel- 
ancholy state, The:geod naturel poet 
waited on her instantly and after some 
discourge with his patient found him 
sinking witb sickness and .poverty. 
The doctor told the honest pair that 
they would hear from him in an bour, 

| When he would send them seme pilis 
which be believed would prove etfica- 
cious. 

He immediately went bome and put 
10 guineas into a chip box witb the 
following label: “These wust be used 
a8 necessities require. Be patient and 

Im good beart.”. He sent his servant 
| 


“rm 


with this prescription to the comfort- 
less mourners, who found it contained 
a remedy superiof to aaything Galen 
or bis disciples sould ever adwinister, 


Orient Rugs. , 
The principal types of oriental rugs 


are Caucasian; Turkish, Persian, 
Turkoman ‘and dndian. Sir George 
Bird wood is of the opinion that, what- 
ever, their type,of ornamentation may 
be, a deep and seinplicate. symbolism, 


| hot listen to bim. We al) feel sure that 


‘he is a man of judgment and courage 
and. that he will do what we ask of 
him.” 

A dozen smiles were suppressed a8 a 


}dozen heads nodded approval, Bar- | 
| ton's eye flashed, for the humor of the 


| situation had ‘not appealed to Bim... 
“I shall not protest, ladies,” he said 
with quiet determination. “On the 
contrary, 1 shall be very glad to pick 
out the prettiest baby for you. And, 
furthermore, | am Prepared to face the 
consequences, whatever they may be!" 
The president smiled and appointed a 
coulittes Lv escort Barton to the uure- 


h 


| self prefigures and eteruity aod 
the geperal i gum or ina oy as it is 
techuleally 1 


ther. in 
served ip almost ever; 
pet and ee th 
pete ave seldom 


-| full of the. en 


preverbialist, « 


latched be. | 


a oer saw, covertly watching 


A set wits to ‘work upon 
the. Ped and po, Mas rae of a hun- | 
dred pun dy or so thought £ had done 
much, a hufdred times as much as 
peemed possibile at the start. 1. felt 

t and probably” ex- 
pressed it oe bering. . Aa) for 
words about it thén, there were hone 
from my mastery except his \cheery 
“Good morning.” “At length. oh» the 
seventh” day came the question, 
“Well?” and my disgorge of learnttic 
to him. as he sat on the edge of my 
table; puffing bis ‘cigar, “At the end’or 
the hour's telling he swung off and 
away, saying, “That is not right.” 

1 went at the task anéw, discirded 
my first notes, and in another week 
of ten hioura a day labor I had results . 
which astonished myself and satisfied _ 
him. Still there was, no trace of praise 
in words or manner, He signified that 
it would do by -placing before me. 
about'a half a peck of bones, telling 
the.to, see what I could make of them, 
with no further ‘directions to guide 
me. Two months more went to 
this task; with no other help than an 
occasional logking over my grouping 
with the stereotyped remark, “That is , 


4 not right.” Finally the task was done, 


and I was again set upon alcoholic 
specimens. — “Autobiography of Pro- 
fessor Shaler” in Atlantic. . 


HE FED THE STAFF. - 


oie Dinner aot Hungry Crowd on a 
Smail Capital. ¢ 

Yeats ago the late’ Senator B. W. 
i echial was editor of the Nashville, 
Democrat, a paper that had a precari- 
ous life and flickered out on Thanks- 
giving day. ; 

When, the staff cajhe sgt On 

ving | afternoon Carmack met: 

them with the annenncement that the- 

paper was dead and that they were alt. 

without jobs. This was sadder than it 

seems now, forthe paper had not been: 
paying salaries for some time. 

“Boys,” said Carmack, “it’s all-over. 
“The sheet 1s dead. But> we shall not 
want for .a Thanksgiving day dinner, 
How much money haye'we?” A search 
of all pockets showed $4.70. ~ 

“Plenty,” said Carmack, “Come with 
me.” 2 

They went to the best restaurant 
and sat down, and Carmack ordered @ 
sumptuous dinner, with turkey and © 
everything complete. After the dinner- 
was over and the diners were smoking 
the best cigars the house had Carmack 
called the waiter in his ndest man- 
ner and said: “Boy, you have serve® - 
us admirably. We .are: more thaim 
pleased. Here is.a small sum to com- 
pensate you for your; trouble and as a: 
slight token of ihe gratification.” — 

“Thank yo’, boss,” grinned the wait- 
er; “thank yo’. But-how about this 
yere check of $19,70-for that dinner- 
you. all just had?” ~ 

“Boy,” exclaimed Carmack, “what is: 
your status here?” Are you a waiter or- 


| are you the financial manager of this 
concern?” 


“Deed, toss, I's only a waiter.” 

“Well, then,” said Carmack, “don’t 
trouble yourself about the financiak ” 
affairs of the place, Leave that, to the- 
manager.” And he stalked out, ac 
lowed by the feasted statf. 

But he paid when- ngs ai smiled 
again. 

—_——_——__—_——_ 
Pet Animal Cemetery. < 

Paris has a pet animal cemetery 
where thousands of dogs, cats,. parrots: 
and other animals are buried, Many of’ 
the inscriptions on the monuments are- 
affecting in the extreme, “O Sappho!” 
fs recorded above the grave of a toy 
terrier. “If my soul cannot jolp yours,. 
dear and noble friend, I do not wish 
for salyation without theet, I shalk 
wish, like thee, to “plumber ‘forever tn 
the'sleep that knows no awaking.” 

Over the resting placé of a King- 
Charles spaniel one reads: “I shall 
gret thee’ eternally, dear little one. 
How empty henceforth shall my lfe- 
be without thee, dear little re 


An 
She—How can you be so sure that 
yoo are in love with me and with no- 
one else? Even & wonder at tintes- 
whether there is b, posniblicg “Of abso-- 
lute certainty in matters, He— 
‘You lack e and the conf- 
dence pt Ive been pol i — 
times and know every symptom.—De-- 
troit Free Préss. ; 
‘Politeness. oy 
“Politeness costs nothing,” sald the- 


“Which explatp.” answered Mise 
Cayenne. *why some people of osten- - 
tatious Woelth have so little use for: 


"wing or coloring; to be ob- | 
a. oe 


= 
Si tite te gama 


2 


* + 
ee 
ome - y 


1 > glenda Np aN Mwy “Oned 
1 WE hea Oil Ve, Gladatons’s tims. 

bi hundieds of thousands 
. advanes the exdet details of the Brit- 


«ey ie TBtock ‘Exchange who ‘could 
~~) fake a fortune out of the knowledge.’ 


‘To holders of brewery stocks, a hint 
ot a whisper from the Chancellor’ of 
the Exchequer before he begins to 
“rob the henroosts” ‘would be a boon 
and a tage ‘But-happy is he who 
expecteth nothing, for he shall pot 
be. disappointed: With Mr. Lloya- 
George, as ‘with. other Chancellors of 
* the! “Exchequer, “mum’s the word.” 
How he. provides for. an ‘estimated de- 
ficit < of ' $75,000,000,, and ‘raises the 
wind, as the saying. goes, for the 
-mational housekeeping next year, is a 
secret. which he” 
om: until the moment he stands. up 
in the House of Commons and draws 
the veil aside. .- : 
‘ No ‘doubt the man in’ the street 
often wonders how it is that, with so 
<4 many members of the Government 
ji and 80 many officials aan pooped in 
the boniilenss of a Chancellor of the 
» bis secret is always 60 
~ Awell; kept. The factis that the ac- 
tual tag of the budget are’ known 
to véry few people in advance. lt 
may be questioned whether at any 
time there moré than two or three 
members ofthe Cabinet who can tell 
a ‘public audience, if.they should be 
invited to do so; precisely upon whose 
hard-earned ‘money the Chancellor of 
the Exchequer is. going to exercise 


his art. 


ernment outside the Cabinet have not 
much’ more than a general notion as 
to what is likely t6é happen, and it 
may turn out that a material part 
/ of their general notion’ is wrong. One 
might go farther, and say that even 
Oabinet as a) whole are rarely 
‘in possession of the details in advance 
of any year’s budget. For within the 
Cabinet is always-an inner Cabinet 
-—the Finance. Minister’s personal 
friends and supparters, the men from 
whom he often seeks, counsel and as- 
sistance, ‘or who, right of their 
intimacy,, proffer ,him ‘counsel and 
assistance. — Thése: 


© 


tions they could, if 't 
large addi 

through their knowle 

and none would be the wiser. . Yét 

~ everyone can be perfectly certain 

they will not use their official know!- 

sedge for any -private purpose of this 

__ sort... An American politician might 

say this is foolish, The answer is 

that it is honest, and that it ie Brit- 

; ish, and». no case has ever “been 

‘ \ known of @ Cabinet Minister failing 
et to observe this unwritten law. 

{ But there are two—or; say, three— 

men who know more. of the Chan- 

‘cellor of the Exchequer’s secret than 

anybody else, the Permanent Finan- 

«cial Secretary and the Permanent 

Administrative. Secretary at the 

‘Treasury, and the Chancellor’s own 

‘private secretary. “The two Perman- 

ent’ Secretaries know the’:budget as 

a. mother -knows -her baby; know it 

' through all its phases and all its 

, pfigures; know it in its eatly promise 

y- and its’ later disappointment; ‘know 

\ it through all its train of worries, 

anxieties, and perplexities. All the 

; ‘year, in fact, they are fixing up the 

‘Chancellor's financial scaffolding for 

‘hiny, so that for nine months he has 


‘practically nothing to do in financia 
“matters except dream and hope’ and 

schenie 

-of 


a 


e' of the facts, 


’ Not until he knows what his 
deficit or surplus is, through.the labors 
these: men, can he seriously start 
work on his budget and display. to 
‘the. world his talents as a financial 
‘genius—or otherwise, © 
,Course, there are. dozens of 
officials and clerks at the Treasyry 
who get a glimpse of the budget in 
‘quarter lights and half lights before 
it is actually unfolded to-the House. 
Hundreds. of memoranda pass trom 
department to department, hundreds 
ot lJetters are drafted, corrécted, ex- 
amined, and copied. Withal, the 
Ohancellor keeps his golden gecret. 
Bverybody who has the smallest re- 
sponsib’ ty: with respect to it at the 
“Treasury ‘on honor to be. faithful 


wre a oR ts h 

e et secrets have leaked out 
‘from time to , nevertheless, 
“One instanee which comes to mind 
‘concerns’ one of the famous budgets 
of the most famous. of England’s 
Finance Ministers—-Gladstone.. His 
private secretary, connected with a 
noble family, consciously or uncon- 
eciously betrayed the secret of his 
chief, It was,:indeed, said that He 
Ahad been “got at. In any case, h 
Career was ladstene was 


ended, G 

t & os : eed’ ‘be 
ired him out’ without more ado, 
Dunra n, 


@> 


’ te 
. of eFax ‘some people to know in, 
There are speculators |. 


up in his. bos- |. 


Certainly the members of the Gov- |, 


| it: —"Shiloh’s Cure will 


i 
ieee oats 


2 Re ES NE, NSA I 


FONT ED, 


s 


to improve, | 
le. and ‘ath now taking 
safely say that my 
c are cleared from ca- 

tarrh at the present time, butt still 
We tO take my useal dose fora 

6, and 1 find there is noth- 
lettéer,”’—Mrs. W. Pray, 260 
81., Brooklyn, N. Y.. 


; Bliss 
“Lysander,” (aweetly} “do-you khow 
what.day this is?” wie 

“Sure; ‘our anniversary, Margaret, 
dear,” Cxetending to” have remem- 
Oho dan a sora fi 

“No! ing’ (frigidly). ‘It’s 
the diy you Mised to nail the leg 
on that old kitchen table.” : 

Lysander paled, tried to square him- 
self on’ the anniversary ‘blunder, failed 
utterly, and the fireworks went on. 


Easy , 


“My \sturdy old grandfather came 
over in thé. steerage. Forty years 
later -he,went back on the Lusitania.”’ 

“Not so, much. I know of an effete 
duke who aceomplished the same trick 
ip oat weeks.’’—Louisville Coutrier- 

ournal. ‘ 


Effort to Make Connections : 
Harry Lauder tells of a canny Scot 
whose neighbor. met-him flitting.. The 
Scot. had wife and children and house- 
hold furniture pied atop a wagon, and 
he was: solemnly driving his‘one horse 
along thé street.. *'S6 you’re flittin’?” 
says the neighhor.” e % 
“Tam. I want to be near ma work.” 
“efAnd where's yer job?” 
“T havén’t got one yet.” , 


A Prime’ Dressing for Wounds.—In 
some factories and workshops carbolic 
acid is. kept for use in cauterizing 
wounds and cuts sustained by the 
workmen. Far better to keep on hand 
a bottle of Dr. Thomas’ Eclectric Oil. 
It is just as quick in action and does 
not scar the skin or burn the flesh. 
There is ‘no other oil that has its 
clrative qualities: . 


It may” satisfy one’s pride to own 
large farms, but it. swells home com- 


forts, and the bank. account to thor-. 


oughly cultivate small ones. 


Repeat 
" always 
cure ‘my coughs and colds.” 


It is better to regard the. soil and 
its conlition than the almanac. as to 
the proper time to plant. 


Minard’s Liniment for sale everywhere 


“Reason is not measured by site or 
height, but by principle.—Epictetus. 


Pills That Have Benefited Thous- 
ands.—Known far and near as a sure 
remedy inthe treatment 6f indiges- 
tion and all derangements of the stom- 
ach, liver and kidneys; Parmelee'’s 
Vegetable Pills have" brought relief to 
thousands when other. specifics have 
failed. Innumerable testimonials can 
be produced to establish the truth of 
this assertion. Once tried they will 
be found superior to all other pills 
in the treatment of the ailments for 
which they are prescribed. 


Previously ‘Inexperienced 
“Since Miss Ann Teek has had her 


electric phaeton she drives at such a 


rata. tas she keeps the police trappers 
yusy.”’ 
“Why does she do it?” 
“She says it’s so exciting 
chased by a man !’’-—Tit-Bits, 


Must Call a Halt 
To Pneumonia 


It often cannot be cured but it can be 
prevented, 


Every cold must- be taken seriously, 
and care taken in selecting effective 
treatment such as Dr. Chase's Syrup 
of Linseed and Turpentine. - 
While consumptives are being taken 

care of and tuberculosis ig: being con- 

quered who is going to fight pneu- 
monia, which seems each year to 
claim more and more victims. 

It is the children and older. people 
who yield most readily to this disease, 
but with the system run down or from 
undue exposure it is to be looked for 
as the result of any severe cold on the 
chest and lungs. . 

While the doctors are efperimenting 


to be 


with cures why not do all we can to} 


revent this dreadful eilment by tak- 
ng every cold seriously and’ using Dr. 
Chase’s Syrup of Linseed and Turpen- 
tine to allay the inflammation of ‘the 
bronchial tubes, to aid expectoration 
and to keep the cough free and loose. 

This great medicine has a thorough 
and far-reaching action, which is not 
obtained from ordinary cough’ ‘medi- 


eines, and this is why three bottlés of 


it are sold for one of any similar 


8} Group, bronchitis and asthma 
and people hava’ learned to trust it 
ep it constantly at 


Mrs. F. Dwyer, Chesterville, Ont, 
writes: Wate girl of three years 


ee 


+|-Minerva. The Vulgate even has “‘vir- 


treatment. It has proven its extra-|.Q) 
one Value in*the cure of coughs, 


ERTISER 


Prince of Monaco Exrends Much of 

Reventis on Science. 

Nee of Monaco, décupant: 

thronedom in the wor, 
Buropean 


most inte 
of 


ptaise notables . 
court h he drawa- re- 


jife, ’ his 
vere la th hi 
syndicate ers controls Mon Carlo, 


he expends his. wealth in furthering 
scientific knowledge and the nautica 
museum which iv, having built 
and which is now almost on the point 
of completion will be ane of the most 
complete institutions of. its kind in 
existence. “And, more than this, a 
@reat part of the treasures it is to 
contain have been gathered by the 
Prince, in’ his own, boat, from every 
quarter of. the mfrine world, For 
more than 20 years. he has been en- 
“rs in making. the collection and in 
publishing the results of his discov- 
eries. From Spitzbergen in the north 
ty. the ice barrier of the .southern 
Seas the prince has carried his quest, 
and to aésist in capturing his prizes 
of the sea he has invented many curi- 
ous devices that seize and convéy to 
the surface the fragile denizens of the 
deep without injuring them. 

Apart from all this the prince is 
& model ruler in his little state. No 
one .there knows what money trou- 
bles are, The land is so fruitful that 
it yields fine arops if. any attention 
whatever is. given to “he tilling of 
the soil. And for those who are too 
lazy to win a livelihoud from the 
earth, visitors from ali countries of 
the world, pleasure seekers, who 
troop to Monte Carlo. with swellin 
pocketbooks, are willing~ to spen 
their cash with a prodigality unequal- 
ed anywhere else in the world. 

The smallness of his domain en- 
ables the prince to watch every detail 
of its administration. Every street 
must be clean and spotless, or the 
derelict workman is called upon to 
explain to the despot why the work 
has been so poorly done. , 

No native is allowed to play at 
the casino. Let foreigners come and 
spend. their wealth liberally if they 
will, that is their own matter, but the 
prince will not have the poor of his 
kingdom dropping ‘sums they can not 
afford with the inevitable harvest of 
discontent, misery. and tragedy. 

For diversion, this curious ruler, 
who has the power of an Ivan the 
Terrible, but who lives more like a 
Herbert Spencer, sets out on his trips 
of, sea explgration. 
between 1885 to 1891 he first attract- 
ed the notice of scientists by. the 
discoveries he made on the Hiron- 
delle. Now he has a new and finer 
boat, especially equipped for the 
work, ‘and named Princess Alice IT. 
Like most-ether. wealthy Europeans of 
scientific’bent the-prince is giving 
considerable attention to aerial navi- 
gation arid has had a number of di- 
rigible airships, so-called. 


What Dropping Water Can Do. 
One of the Chinese*modes of pun- 
ishment is to place the culprit whete 
a drop of water will fall on his head 
for hours, or even for days if he can 
stand it so long. The torture this in- 
flicts is proved by an experience that 
Col. Fred Burnaby had in Vienna 
several years ago. A school teacher 
bet him that he would not be able 
to let a pint of water, drop by drop, 
fall on his hand. Burnaby laughed 
at the very idea of his not being 
able to stand it, and the test began. 
Although the strong man talked and 
ested gaily at first, it was not long 
fore he began to show signs of dis- 
tress. At about the two hundredth 
drop—for the school teacher kept tal- 
yen expression of pain crossed his 


ace. 
When the third hundred had been 
entered his hand began to. swell and 


the pain ‘Ww more and more excru- 
ciating. Finally, at the four hundred 
and twentieth drop, gy tes / ave it 
up and acknowledged himself beaten. 


is Fastest Ship Afloat. 

A wonderful performance was ac- 
complished recently by the new Brit- 
ish destroyer Swift in trials on the 
Clyde. 

After having had new wing propel- 
lers fitted ape steamed up to thirty- 
six knots, but under pressure two 
more knots were run off—equal to 
forty-three land miles an hour. 

The Swift may thus claim to be the 
fastest ship afloat. She was built b 

Cammell, Laird & Cé., of Birkenhead, 
and is described as an “experimen- 
tal” destroyer. ; 

As a matter of fact, she is twice the 


size of the usual ocean-going dostroy- 
eers, and her special business is the 
destruction of dextroyers. She was de- 
ed to accomplish thirty-six knots. 
e Swift came out of dry dock at 
reenock. 


8 
T 
G 


Virago. ’ 

The word “‘virago,” which dictiona- 
ries now define as meaning “a bold, 
impudent, turbulent woman, a terma- 
gant,” originally signified, both by 
derivation and in use, just a manly 

an, in the sense of a heroine or 
amazon. When Plautus spoke of a 
servant maid as a “‘virago,”’ he mere- 
ly meant that shoe was a strapipng 
young woman, and the Romans ap- 
lied the word with no intention of 
rreverent rudeness to Diana and 


= a simply for woman, as the name 
ven by Adam to his helpmate. In 
Eatin the word never became twisted 
into the unkindly sense that has come 
about in English.—London Notes and 


drunk, put in tea 
for ice 


In the six years | 


grow'red. Then the skin burst and) 


‘driver’ in French.” 


LACOMBE, | BER 


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How Best to,Get New Health 
and Strength in Spring. 

The winter months are ttyi to 

the health of even the most robust. 

Confinement in-doors in over-heated 

and. nearly always badly ventilated 

s—in the home, the office, the 


shop and the »chool—taxes the vital. | 
ity of ever the strongest. The blood | 


becomes thin and watety or clogged 
with impurities. Sometimes you get 
up in thé morning just as tired as 
when you went to bed. Some peo- 
ple Have headathes; others are low 
spirited; some have pimples and skin 
eruptions. These are all spfing symp- 
toms that the blood is out of order 
You can’t cure these troubles with 
purgative medicines, which merely 
gallop through the system leaving you 
still weaker. What you need to give 
you health and strength in the spring 
is a tonic medicine, and the one al- 
ways reliable tonic and blood builder 
is Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. These 
Pills not only banish spring ills, but 
guard you against the more serious 
ailments that follow, such as anaemia 
nervous debility, rheumatism, indiges- 
tion and kidney trouble. Dr. Will- 
jams’ Pink Pills make new, rich blood 
which strengthens every nerve, every 
organ and’every part of the body. Try 
this medicine this spring and you will 
have strength and energy to ‘resist 
the torrid heat of the coming sum- 
mer. Mr. J. R. Johnson, Loch Broom 
N. B., says:—“Some two years ago J 
began to feel that my constitution was 
weakening. I could not stand any ex- 
posure. or knocking about. ,I finally 
sought the. aid of a doctor, who said 
my system was very much run dowr 
and that the trouble might end in 
nervous prostration. As his medicine 
did not help me, I decided, on the ad- 
vice of a friend, to give Dr. Williams’ 
Pink Pills a trial. I had used less 
than a half dozen boxes when my 
health was fully restored, and I thin): 
no other medicine can equal these 
Pills when one is run down and out of 
health.” 

Sold by all medicine dealers or by 
mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes 
for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams’ 
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. 


- Social Status 


“Who are these people? Have you 
made inquiries as to their standing?” 
“Yes; and they.are Nobodies. I have 
inquired at all the leading detective 
agencies, and not one member of their 
family has ever yet been shadowed.” 


BETTER THAN SPANKING, 


Spanking does not cure children of 
bed-wetting. There is a constitutional 
cause for this trouble. Mrs. M. Sum- 
mers, Box W. I., Windsor, Ont., will 
send free to any mother her successful 
home treatment, with full instruc- 
tions, Send no money but write her 
toulay” if -your-‘children trouble you 
in this way. Jon’t blame the child, 
the chances are it can’t help it. This 
treatment also cures adults and aged 
people troubled with urine difficulties 
by day or night. 


Be Cautious! 

The hardier varieties of hammocks 
will soon be blooming on the front 
porches once more, but they should be 
used cautiously by people who don’t 
like pneumonia. 


Repeat it:—‘‘Shiloh’s Cure will 
always cure my coughs and colds.” 


A cheaper distribution of farm pro- 
ducts and a better distribution of 
population will make this a pleasanter 


country to live in, and the last would 
ge a long way towards regulating the 
rst. 


Protect the child from the ravages 
of worms by using Mother Graves’ 
Worm Exterminator. It is a standard 
remedy, and years of use have en- 
hanced its reputation. 


Women have more religion than men 
because they don’t need it so much. 


Minard’s Liniment relieyes Neuralgia. 


The New Tariff 
Some fifty millions more, by gum, 

Thus added to uur pile, 

Which you'll admit’s a tidy sum, 

But what just makes us smile— 
The same wry smile we've smiled be- 
. fore, 

Our pleasure nothing lacks— 

Is that the foreigner’s not sore 

To haye‘to pay this tax. 


It might cheer things up somewhat 
if some person with an established 
reputation for truth and veracity 
would’ see the first robin. 


The Rub 

“So automobiling has no more ter- 
rors for you?” 

“None whatever! Excepting-—that I 
still—lose my nerve a little.’’ 

“When she collides with a sturdy 
tree, or geta in the notion of backing 
down a grade, say?” 

‘No; whenever I try to say the 


—EEeEeEeEeEe———— 


A DETECTIVE’S RUSE, 


Clever Method by Which He Secured 
' Bome Evidence. 

“T had to fesort to a queer ruse 
Onee to get an admission from a man 
I after,”’ said a private detective. 

te had been some trouble at a 
club between two young men. One 
th a glass of wine into the other's 
vo 
inbult 


The other did not resent the 
ais he should have done. When 
his father heard of it he threatened 


to disinherit his son unless he whip- |, 


ped the man who had thrown the 
wine in his face. The father was a 
member of the same club, and. he 
made a wager of ‘a wine supper that 
his son could and would whip the 
othér fellow. Boon after this the son 
met the man who had insulted him 
and whipped him. The fight oceur- 
red on a prominent street, and as 
two of the young man’s friends were 
with him at the time there was talk 
of an action against them and his 
father for conspiracy. Our agency 
was retained to get the evidence 
needed. 

“It was decided that it would be 
necessary to get an admission from 
the father of the young man who had 
made the assault. I was told to get 
it. I tried many ways and failed. 
He did not know I was a detective. 
He had known me for a number of 
years, but thought I was engaged in 
other work. I had another plan to 
get from him what I wanted. I told 
him a metropolitan .publication was 
having the affair written up and il- 
lustrated. 

“TI said I had s the picture of 
the fight which hhd been prepared 
for it. He was pleased at the pub- 
licity~that the fight was to get, for 
the story of the affair at the club had 
been printed, and he wanted it known 
that his son had avenged the insult. 
I intimated that if he cared to see it 
I thought I eould get him the picture 
that had been prepared for publica- 
tion. He was eager to see it. 

“T had a friend, a newspaper art- 
ist, who made me a picture. He 
made a faithful copy of the street 
scene where the fight occurred, and 
he made a fair likeness of the figures 
in it. The picture showed one man 
stealing up behind another and strik- 
ing him from the rear. Behind him 
were two other men, who were sup- 
posed to have accompanied him to 
see fair play. The father was thought 
to have been in the neighborhood, 
but as he wasn’t seen he was left 
off: the picture. He examined it 
carefully. 

“*Who are these two men?’ he 
asked, pointing to the two onlookers. 

“They are the two Blacks, who 
went along with your son to see that 
he got fair play,’ I told him. 

““That’s all right,’ he said, ‘but 
who is this?’ pointing at. the man 
who was striking at the other from 
behind. 

‘Why, that’s your son,’ I told 
him. 

“*That’s a lie!’ he exclaimed. ‘My 
son stood right in front of him and 
hit. him squarely.in the face. I_told 
him to do that and stand up in front 
of him all the time. I was right 
across the street, and the two men 
who were with my son were close 
enough to see a!] that happened. 
They will tell you that he did not hit 
him from behind. He faced him 
fairly and whipped him fairly. That 
was the way we made it up to do. 
If that’s printed I’ll whip the man 
who made it!’ ‘ 

“It wasn’t printed, nor were there 
any court proceedings taken on ac- 
count of the alleged conspiracy. The 
men concerned in it on both sides 
got together and settled it out of 
court.” 


“The Ghost Bloke.” 


The writer once overheard an amts- 


ing conversation outside the New 
Bailey, London, England. Prof. Pep- 
per, the great criminal analyst and 
chemist, had been giving his evidence 
in a murder case, and a couple of 
costers were standing on the 
ment discussing the chances of the 
prisoner. “This ’ere bloke Pepper 
seems to have wrapped it up for ’im 
cede orlright,” said one. ‘‘What 
epper?™’ replied the other. ‘“Who’s 
‘er’ “Why, the ghost bloke. He 
sees things what other people carn’t; 
and lor’ help the chap he gives evi- 
dece agin.’”’ Probably Prof. Pepper 
weuld not feel very flattered to know 
that he was confounded with the man 
who originated the far-famed Pepper’s 
ghosts—that thrilling entertainment 
of our childhood; but the two costers 
are not the only people who have 
credited him with having dealings 
with the supernatural, 


Taken by Surprise. 

There are some hospitable creatures 
who are greatly disturbed if they can- 
not meet every demand made on 
them, although there are cases when 
it is ridiculous to expect them to be 
able to be equal to the occasion, Re- 
cently a barn took fire on a large 
estate, and the firemen of the village 
worked hard to put out the flames. 
After it was all over the husband ask- 
ed the fire-fighters into the house to 
partake of coffee and whatever edibles 
were on hand. His wife welcomed 
the men with steaming cups of cof- 
fee, doughnuts and at Then she 
said apologetically, “Oh, if I had onl 
known this was going to happen, 
would have~had a lot of things baked 
up. 


An Old-Fashioned Woman, 

There was an old-fashioned woman 
who would blush if eompeny caught 
her with less than six different kinds 
of cake and seven different kinds of 

reserves in the house. If a 
liked coffee for supper, she thought 
it was right that she should have it, 
Her pies were always rich, and she 
uged lots of butter and cream. She 
had never heard of the diet cure and 


believed in ple eati just what 
weg Gane eo og fe is that she 
isn’t alive, so we fo who are tired 


of dieting could go and visit her! 


a VE | 


No More “White Bread’? 


White bread is abolished in the 
United States,” it is stated in tele 
graphic despatches, referring to the 
ruling of the secretary of agriculture 
that millers must not bleach flour. 
The ruling went into effect this week 
but millers have until June 3 to dis- 
pose of the bleached flour. still in 
stock. It is declared that there will 
be as much difference between bread 
made from unbleached flour as thera 
is between e«ngel cake and sponge 
cake. The flour will be of a creamy 
color instead of white, and the bread 
will be light golden in color. But 
there will be no difference in flavor 
and the bread will have an additional 
quality to commend itself to the con- 
sumer, because it. will be just like 
that ‘‘mother used to make,” in the 
good old days before the craze for 
bleached flour came into vogue, 


The soil should produce double the 
average of grains and fodder crops 
that it is doing, and if by. intelligent 
study and judgment a man can in 
crease his income, he owes a duty tu 
himself, his neighbor and his country 
to do so. 


\Free from 
Akcohol 


Since May, 1906, Ayer’s Sar- 
saparilla has been entirely free 
from alcohol. If you are in 
poor health, weak, pale, nerv- 
ous, ask your doctor about tak- 


, If he has a better 
medicine, take his. Get the best 
always. This is our advice. 


s ish liver means a coated tongue, 
a breath, and constipated bowels. 
is, “ Whatis the best thin 
cesP’’ A 
answer: 
yer’s Pills,’’ 
———Made by the J. GC. Ayer Os., Lowell, Mass-—— 


CUP OF TEA 


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BY USING 


UCAL AD A" 


Lead Packets Only. At all Grocers 
30c, 40c, 60c, and 60c per pound 


SELECTED 
FOR THE WEST. 


Sold by every wide-awake 
merchant. — Insist on 


. McKENZIE'S 


and if your dealer cannot sup- 
ply, send your: order 'to us 
direct, Address 


W. N. U. No, 787, 


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auieay ot 1 Printing vorned ont in firstien the men who have been sent to 
*\eurvey the Bay are fundamentally|~— 
disagreed, One says this, and an- 
other that, and a third agrees with 


bi cite ay ¥. im. SCHOOLEY, Publisher. 


Tuorspar, May 27, 1909 


neither, and it is upon a fabric of 
this nature that the people of .Al- 
berta are asked to lay their future 
prosperity. Cold comfort indeed to 
the Lacombe farmer to. find that 
he could not sell. his fall wheat be- 
cause by some unforseen circum- 


THE WESTERN ROUTE. 


No little time has been spent, no 
litle eneryy used, vo little thought 
concedes to the question, of incal- 
culable value to the Alberta farm- 
er, of shipping grain and’ stock by 
the” Westera route in preference to 
the long pull across the continent. 
Without anticipating to state any- 
thing fresh on the subject, it is 
perhaps well that we should know 
just where we stand on this. im- 


stance the Bay had frozen in Sep- 
tember instead of waiting as usual 
till October or that he would have 
to keep his fat cattle, upon which 
he had bestowed so much care till 


some more propitious occasion. 
To keep grain over the winter at 
Fort) Churchill, or 
would add at least 8 to 10 cents 


portent question, Much cry has 
been raised at various times (con- 
venient or otherwise) about the 
Hudson Bay railroad and of the 
great advantages that, would ac- 


crue to the Western farmer by 


elsewhere, 


to the costand surely we don’t 
need to be told at this time of day 
who would pay for that. Me- 
thinks Mr. Farmer would be bot- 
tom dog in that deal. 
little discrimination is needed to 
show the 
of the 

against the Hudson Bay and yet 


having that route open tous. Vi- 
j , i Surely 
sions of prosperity were limned 


for us by politicians, , willing to 


immense advantage 


swear anything for a catch vote, 
who had given no thoughts to the 
Obstacles in the way of such a 
scheme, or who, if they did know 
were content to ignore the difficul- 
ties and everything elsé that would 
hinder their campaign. The ques- 


Western route as 
mark you, when the provincial 
government were asked to pro- 
vide. money to build elevators in 
order to facilitate this scheme, they 


: : : clasped their hands in holy hor- 
tion, however, is too important to 


be thus disposed of, There is an 
old proverb which tells us that 
God helps those who help them- 
selves, and if.one and all of us 
would sit down and give a little 
thought to this’ quéstion, its attain- 
ment would be considerably near- 
er than it ever will be if we allow 
it -to- be dormtarweby politicians 
who are thinking more of their 
seat and and its emolument than 
the prosperity of those to whom 
they so effusively extend the glad 


ror, piously exclaimed that they 
were without funds tor such a 
laudable purpose, and yet almost 
at the time guaranteed 
$400,000 to provide terminal in 
Edmonton for a railway running 
up to the North Pele or there- 
abouts and Mr, Farmer compla- 


cently bared his back for the 
stripes. 


same 


But there is another considera- 
tion, outweighing all others, why 
the western route should be hur- 
ried along as fast as possible.’ Un-| . 
der present conditions the price of 
Alberta Red is fixed at Winnipeg, 
and that is not to our advantage. 


involved. 

Without, therefore, hoping to 
say anything that is original, but 
merely to direct the minds of our 
Tréaders, We will essay one or two 
of what, to us, constitute the es- 
sential elements in this controversy 


The most elementary among us 
kaow that our celebrated Red is a 
variety of Turkey Red which 
came to us from our neighbors on 


the South. Contrary to expecta- 
The ‘first consideration is cost. No 


sane person will contend but what 
the first cost will be materially 
cheapened by the West route as 
against the East. The 22% cents 
rate quoted by the C, P. R. is too 
conclusive in itself to need any 
Going West 


tions the soil of the Province 
proved most congenial and today 
Alberta is recognized as the coun 
iry par excellence for the growth 
vf hard wheat. 
the production of hard wheat are 


Areas suitable to 


limited indeed, hence itis poly fan 
further comment. that the man who can and does 
produce it should get all that is 


coming to him. While not in it- 


we run through an increasinZly 
populated, hence 
country. From the very moment 


remunerative, 
self the best for flour it possesses 
we leave Calgary we enter a mar- 
ket for our staple products; a 
country wherein our 
could be given ao 
amounting almost to a monopoly, 


the invaluable property of holding 
a high percentage of yluten, that 


produce] inpredient which causes the dough 


advantages|ig rise, and in this way Alberta 


Red acts as a leaven to the flours 


with but little trouble, whereas,| of the world. Today, however, 


going East we have to pass|ouy wheat on its arrival at Winni- 


through province after province! i.4, is mixed with infertor wheats 


wherein we are competing against and js subjected to the price given 


for the mixed wheat instead ot 
standiny in price as it does in qual- 
ity—alone. 


their own products and where we 
we can reasonably hope for no ad- 
vantage other than the excellence 
of our wares demand, and it would| This would be speedily reme- 
be asking more of human onature|died if an exchange was establish- 
than our experience has led us to/ed at Calgary in place of Winni- 
assume, if the wheat of Alberta!peg. Theo Alberta Red would 
exalted and that of Saskatchewan be sold and quoted as such, and 
and Manitoba debased. 


’ There is no uninimity among that it does the price would be very 


possessing the sterling qualities 


the advocates of the Hudson Bay| materially enhanced to the benefit 

route as to the time which the/of the grower. Not only would 

shipper will have at his disposal this happen but Alberta would re- 

in shipping. How long is the Bay'ceive an advertisement of which 

open? Who can make ao author~ it is difficult to comprehend. ‘The 
4 


a. deena or fadlate of this echemie rato heat Fata 
nati é 
ENT A pends? ‘That is the crtix of .the van to ite hee who, seek- 
Avene | whole, question ahd it is just onjing, would surely find the many 
i {that point that it falls down. Ev-|asd great a@vantages of Sunny 


SA EE TET NINE ERMINE SYA 
’ . tie a 
wae i 


Alberta. 


SINGER SEWING 
MACHINES 


Best on Earth 


$S down, balance in G2 a month pay- 
ments, without interest. 


Tosure your horses and cattle against 
Deats from any cause. Prompt pay- 
ment of loasea, Rates low. 


Rates for Insertion of Advertiser 
Classified Ads. 

1 cent per word per week. No adver- 
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Better try an accident or sick policy in 
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ROOMS TO LET—Xooms, furnished or 
unfurnished, to let. Apply at R. Jones’ 
Nantén-atreet. 


Sun Life Assurance Company. Best 
and lowest priced policies. 


Fire Insurance written in good com- 
panies, 


——--+¢ 


D.C. EBERSOLE or save—A5 roomed house in La 


Lock Box 176, Lacompe, Atts.|combe. Price low. Will trade for hors- 
es or cattle. Ws Crow & Son. 


FOR SALE— \ section 11% at from 
Blackfalds, all fenced and cross fended, 


Blackfalds Pro ort about 70 acres sgeded down to timothy. 
Will trade for horses and cattle. —W. 

i Crow & Son. 
For Sale Ol Rent BUSINESS CHANCES — If you are 
looking for « Farm, Hotel, or any busi- 


1. Pennington’s farm, adjoining] ess, in Alberta, Seskatchéwan, Manito- 
Blackfalds, for sale or rent, {°% B. ©. or the United States, call and 


see our list.~-W. Crow & Son. 
2. Bedford House, 14 rooms, for 


-|BEDDING PLANTS 
For Your Garden 


3. Three stores for sale. 
4. One store to-rent. 


5. Several houses for sale 
- rent. Apply 
Jas. MoNico., 
Blackfalds 


: .| - Asters, Pansy, Verbena,. Carnations, 
santo 2 Stocks, Bte., _ ¢ 


Auction Sale ort ree only, suitable for the 


Any of the above plants 
35c per dozen, postpaid, 


BULLS 


At LACOMB 
June 2nd 


Commencing at 1:30 p. m. 


Cabbage Plants............. T5c per 100 
Cauliflower ..........,.+.- $1.00 per 100 


All plants guaranteed to reach you ip 
first class conditiohb. 


Ramsay’s Greenhouses 
Edmonton, Alta. 


\ 


The Eye-sight 
Specialists 


All agree in advising glasses for 
children who have optical de- 
fects. Not only does the student 
make greater progress, but the 
chance of discarding glasses at 
the close of school life are great- 


Passenger rates fare and 4¢ for return’ 
trip from points between Edmonton and 
Macleod and on the Lacombe and We- 
taskiwin Branches. 


Bulls delivered to nearest station for 
82 each for freight. 


62 Bulls to be Offered 


including three Holsteins; eleven Aber- 
deen Angus; sixteen Herefords; and 
thirty-two Shorthorns, 


For Sale Catalogue and further infor- ly increased Consult 
mation write ; 


E. L. RICHARDSON, Secretary, |Mrs. C. J. Meadows, Optometrist, 
Alberta Cattle Breeders] . a ey 


Association, Calgary. ; 
131 Jasper Ave. West, Edmonton. 


Registered. Short- 
horns for Sale | 


I will offer for sale at Lacombe on June 
2nd, 14 head of Registered Shorthorn 
Cows and Heifers. First class stock ip 
every particular. F. R, NELLES, 


FRANK VICKERSON 


Financial Agent 
Money to Loan 


Aiberta. 


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Gacombe.” | 


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Gotlere ha DD. 


vania College of Dental 
of the natural teeth, 


Graduate of | 
Surgery, 
Crown and 


@. GILMOUR, Veterina 
* and residence, Oliver 


Alberta. 


P. J. NOLAN. LL. B. 
Advocate and Notary, 
P, O. Box 22 Calgary, Alberta 


Money to Loan! 


Private Funds—on Real Estate. 
A. M. MacDONALD, 
Merchants Bank B'ld’g 


S. ANDREWS 
‘Boot and Shoe Making 


Repairing neatly done. 


Opposite Adelphi Hotel 
Oor, Railway and Allan St. 
a nee 


RR. HALL 
City Bill Poster 


_ Lacombe, Alta. 
All work promptly: attended to. 
LS RL 


Stewart Cruikshank, 


CONTRAGTOR & BUILDER. 
Estimates furnished. 


ALIx, - 


Auctioneer 


(31-Years Experience) 
Alberta, Canada 
Will cry sales on short notice anywhere 
in the Province of Alberta, 
ders with J. D. Skinner, Lacombe. 
Terms reasonable: 


= Blacksmith Shop 


I have removed my Blacksmith 
Shop to the Palmer building, next 
to. Morris & Taylor’s warehouse. 
and am prepared to do all kinds of 
work in my line, including plow 
work, wood work and horse shoe- 


FRED TAYLOR 


RED WILLow, 


ing. 


METHODIST CHURCH. 

Rev. TT. Powell, 
service, every Sabbath morning at 11 
o'clock; every Sabbath evening 7 o'clock, 
Sabbath Schoo) and Bible Class every 
Sabbath afternoou at 3 o'clock.’ 
worth League Monday evening at 8 
o'clock, Junior Epworth League Mon- 
day afternoon at 4:30. Public prayer 
meeting Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. 
Stravgers and visitors are extended a 


special welcome, 


on 


PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
Services every Sabbath at 11 a, m. 
and 7 p, m., Sabbath School at 120’clock, 
Christian Endeavor every Wedbesdey 
at8 p.m. Pastor Rev. M. White, M, A. 


B.D. 


ee 


8T. CYPRIAN’S CHUROH. 
Sunday services, ll.a.m.,;7pm. Ho- 
ly Communion lsp and third Sundays of 
the month, 11 a. m. 
pm, Service,Wednesday, 8 p. m,—Rey. 


R. A. Robinson, 


venue, Lacombe, 


Sunday school, 3 


‘\Co. Meals at all hours. 


E (Creamery For Sale, 


Hearties: Mates nee athe 
. “Wo ¥ Me BY « 


Laoction, Muy _ 18-Addreetng ve 
leagues to och an’ rage, 
eb wos 3 ot contend- 


ed ob Tuésday that the cause of woman's 
suffrage wae declining: The whote ar |A 
gument against the enfranchisément of 
women, sho said, could practially be 
y pati sumtied up by saying that they were up: | ° 
careful ivi an at habits, fired to vote because they were not men. 
Moderation &, keeping ‘the | James Hortord said the fowsle sex was!» 


isthe urea t  teoanetionn: not haturally fitted to be placed ob ab 


bites 


tn th frst place T wtways ress 
doch: tay goth ye rane ot 
eatin, 


In the current issue of the Door oF 


No amount of medicife will cure, jequality with man. to, a page is given over to 
or evén help, unless attention is paid | Lord Curzon said he. regarded, the|letters received from the many persons 
to these few simple rules. woman suffrage movement as the most from all of the Dominion seeking 


admission to the Muskoka Free 
Hospital for eumptives, 

Seldom have we read anything more 
tangy Here, for example, isa letter 


I have had perfect results where f 
pationts éotawed these instruétions, / im portant subject in Gontem porary poli- 
assisted by the following blood tonic’ tics, The énfranchisement of women, 
and rheumatic &pecific: Fluid Ex- |he added, would endanger the safely of 
tract, Caseara, 14-02.; Fluid Extract |the empire. “Thé day 20,000,000 male asking sr agp aleeeree sak 
Carriama Compound, 1 of; Compound |,,4 female voters ate added to the reg-}by the name of Mourrisun. He aye Sisds 


Syrup Sarsaparilla, 6 oz Dore: One ; é 
; » fjister by thé adoption of the system of I would like to urge strongly upon 
ere ee re the great claims of this patient. 


time. adult suffrage,” said he, “You may put 
Tt ts advidable to drink plenty of |up the shutters of the British Hropire| wo.ht rv asutermtabeen. Thebey hes 
baa 9 Sh clove ae and. write ‘Ichabod’ over the gates of] been living with an toimarried uncle— 


A prominent local merchant who 
Whiteball.” no housekeeper— work, cooking, etc., 
ag sore Hearth wager erties being done by the uncle. The boy has 


bl er trouble 0 <4 3 2 
Ureisesy ereabioe rth ty nents sbsolutely no place to go where he 
diately, and has a gentle bat thor- phi. or he given any reasonable care, 
a aetica onthe kidneys: ind he ean get none where ho is, 
o oc wivine all dur renders to ‘keep Another case is from Thorold. 
this prescription. The instructions foppetcn Wy cles od t 
ietbie, young married man, twenty- 
are va three years of age. For several years 
{ have been sick, hut always able to 
keep iny, feet. ow L have come to 
the time when I cannot work, and 
cannot get medicine without means. 
My lungsare affected, and Iam writing 
now to see if you can get ine into the 
Muskoka Free Hospital for Consump- 
tives. My young wife is here, nnd 
her parents have kindly opened their 
doors to her if T go away.” 

Just one more of the many we might 

ancte This is from a physician io 
Jampbellford, Ont. He writes :— 
“T have a patient suffering from 
ulmonary tuberculosis, who has been 
aid off work for about three mont h+ 
now—was in bed part of that time, bit 
latterly both his pulre and temperature 
have kept. down and his weight going 
up. He is the only sipport of the 
family—-mother, crippled father, and 
younger brother, but his neighbors arc 
trying to raise a small amount of 
money to help him.” 

We have sometimes thoneht thr- i 
Tan MacLaren. who has given to usth 
character of Dr. McClure, were aliv 
to-day that in lettera such ns these he 
would find material for a hook move 
touching and pathetic in many part: 
than his Bonnie Briar Buch. 

It is on behalf of cases, like these, «f 
which there are scores revching the 
Secretary of the Sanatorium every 
week, that the Muskoka Free Hovpital 
for Consumptives makes its appeal 
to-day for funds, 

This institution has not atany time. 
since ita doors were first opened in 
April, 1902, refused a single pntien! 
because of the applicant being unable 
to nay. 

Contributions may be sent to Mr. W. 
treating stomach and liver troubles than rf Gees. 84 SK agh te Ave., Chairnin of 
Tie. Hesillton,: Ho avoided harab’ weal 1e Executive Committee, or to J. S. 

ax D wr Rohertson, Secretary-Treasurer of the 
cines and produced a ‘wonderful pill of| National Sanitarium. Astociation, 847 
vegetable composition that always cures. |King Street West, Toronto, Ontario. 
Dr. Hamilton’s Pills are noted £0 | speeeemenenneenseneeenenenentnntenennnneenne 
promptly curing biliousness, sick Head-| .- 
aches, constipation and stomach trouble. 
They work like a charm—very mild —yet 
searching and health-giving. Nowhere 
can a better tonic laxative be found than 
in Dr. Hamilton’s Pills, Try them and 
be convinced. 25c at all dealers. 


One In Seven Called by Consamption, 

A dreadful plague indeed when you 
consider that in incipient stages it can Le 
cured, Take care of the little cold be- 
fore it becomes a tig ore. When the 
throat is sore and it hurts to expand your 
chest, rub in Nerviline and immediately 
apply one of Polson’s Nerviline Porous 
Plasters. Pain and tightness are at once 
relieved, Inflammation and soreness 
gradually disappear and fatal illness is 
thus avoided, Nerviline Plasters act as 
a counter irritant over the seat of pain, 
and as an exterior application in curing 
colds in the muscles, in pleurisy and 
beadaches they “have no equal. Keep 
these remedies right in your home. 


Light and Heavy Harness 
Stock saddles 
Stride saddles 
Side saddles 
Tents, Awnings” . 
Bickmore’s Gall Cure, 
Axle Grease, ete. 


Children Burned to Death. P 

Toronto, May 20 —The four children 
of Edward Oldfield were burned to death 
tovigbt. His wife leaped from an upper 
window with a baby in her arms and was 
seriously hurt. Oldtiéid's house was io 
Wychwood Park in Toronto’s back town 
district to the north of the city. The 
building was a two-story frame house. 
At 9:30 a lamp in the lower floor explod- 
ed. The mother and children were in 
the upper floor and crazed by the rapid 
attack of the flames, she jumped to the 
street, By the time the neighbors. ar- 
rived if was impossible to effect a rescue. 
Oldtield arrived bome to find the place 
in ruins. .The children were all boys 
from two to seven years of age. 


at right prices. 


AT 


Elliott's. 


WE Merchants Bank 


OF CANADA. 
HEAD OFFICE, - MONTREAL 


W. L. 


Pr. Hamilton Follows Nature's Plan. 
No physician was more successful in 


Capital Paid Up - $6,000,000 
Reserve Fund - - 4,400,997 
Total Assets over 50,000,00C 


Here’s One for the 
Ranchers and 
Farmers 


We have made an arrangement 


A general banking business transacted Noteworthy Longevity. 


Reno, Nev, May 15.—When Stirling 
Aroold, a farmer pear bere, reached the 
ripe age of 103 years yesterday. he ceased 
heavy work, and his eldest son, & mere 
lad of 80, is taking his father’s place in 
the fields. With the-elder brother are 
four other sons, the youngest of whom is 
53. It ie with difficulty that Arnold 
could persuade his wife to cease heavy 
work. She wil} be 100 years old next 
movth. Arnold was born in North Oaro- 
lina.’ He has abstained from liquor. In- 
ciderftally he has been a deacon of the 
Baptist church for 84 years. 


Savings Bank: Department. 


Interest at three per cent per annum 
allowed on Savings Bank Deposits of 
$1.00 and upwards, 

A. BELCHER, Manager. 
Lacombe Brancb 


A Welcome Visitor. 


A weekly visitor that always meets 
with a hearty welcome, in the howes of 
Canada is the “Northero Messenger” an 
illustrated story paper filled with matter 
of the purest and best and at tbe same 
time the most entertaining type. For 
over forty years it has been tested and 
tried, but not found wanting. And to- 
day in the home and in the Sunday 
School it tekes first place. It can be 
counted on as a force that “Makes for 
righteousness,” while its bright stories 
and verses, ite Suoday School, Temper- 
ance and housebold departments, its 
large print section for the little folks 
make it afavorite with young and old 
alike.” The anouval subscription is only 
forty cents with liberal clubbing rates 
and very gpecial terms to Sunday 
Schools. ; 

Samples free from the publishers, 
Joho Dougall & Sun, “Witness Office,” 
Montreal. 


whereby for a limited time we will 
send The Lacombe Advertiser 


‘ ee and Farm and Ranch Review, the 

Catarrh Cured or Money tack, 
Dice: censnok water We Koiern, 1 two dollar a year pipers both for 
multiplies in the bronchial tubes aod|one dollar for a vear, to any farm- 
finally reaches the Jungs. Cough syrup) oy or rancher in Alberta, British 
can’t follow to the lungs—it goes to the 
stomatb-and fails to cure—Catarrho 
zove is inhaled, It goes every where— 
gets right after the germs-kills them — 
heals the soreness— stops discharge aod 
backing -cures every trace of catarrh, 
throat irritation, colds or bronchitis, if 
you use Catarrtrozone, 25¢ and $1 00 
sizes sold every where, 


Columbia or Saskatchewan. The 
Review is the best apricultural 
paper published west of Winnipeg. 
If you are already paid in advance: 


lon The Advertiser and desire the 


i{Review, drop us a vcard and wt 


will bave it sehtto yeu, If you 
Serious Runaway Accident, 
Gladstone, Man., May 19,—A _ promi- 
pent Preston farmer, J. J. Stewart, and) rears pay up the arrearaye and wi 
his daughter Helen, bad a serious run 
away accident tonight. While returning 
from town the bourses shied at a boy| year, ‘This offer of course | ir 
loading 9 sow. The traces were detach- made to thuse only who are nor 
ed and.both*eccupants were pulled out 7 ’ 
of the rig, Miss Stewart escaping with already subseribers to the Review. 
bruises while a part of the shaft, 18 ioch 
es long, penetrated the thigh ef the old 
geotleman and to extract it bad to be 


s s 
pulled through the liu, Both wore Lacombe Dinin Hall 
tdken bome tonight. 


|Advertiser subscription is in ar- 


will send vou the Review for i 


Restaurant! 


The Restaurant iu Russel Block 
opposite Fortune’s livery stable, 
is now doing bnginess under 
new managenient—Yock Twoy & 


Fruits 
, Meals atoall hours. 


Board by the day or week, 
| Good furnished rooms. 


aud confectionery. Horrible Railway Accident. 


North Bay, Oot., May 13,—Mra, Beo- 
jamivu Patterson was crushed to death 
uoder a freight train last sight in view! 
of Mrs. Sbaw, a neighbor she had boon | Ww. Howard, Proprietor 
visiting. In order to avoid a long detour (Mrs. Radel’s old stand.) 
the woman crawled under the car, Just Russel Block, Lacombe 
theo the train started, the wonun’s lege 
being ground off. She leaves four chil-| 


One of the best in the West, in 
au excellent dairy district, For 
particulars correspond with 

D. C, Gournay, of work for weeks. Two weeks ago ber 


Lacombe, Alta. 16.) cas-old daughtor died ayddeoly, sified golumn, It pays. 


dren snd ahusband who has been ous) Try a want ad. in our elas- 


BROILING MEAT & TOASTING BREAD. 


One way produces evenly broiled meat and 
evenly toasted bread without taxing the 
patience of the housewife. This way is repre- 
sented by “Sask-alta” Range. The reason: 
“Sask-alta’’ Range bas an Automatic Lift Top 
(Patented) in addition to regular 
Broiler Door; and this team works 
for the operator instead of making 
her work. 


The “ Sask-alla” 

Another way produces 
unevenly broiled meat and 
unevenly toasted bread 
and taxes the patience of 
the housewife. This way 
is represented by most 
Ranges. The reason: 
Some Ranges have “only” 
a Broiler Door, others have 
a contrivance like that 
illustrated in top small Another Way 
drawing; both of which enjoy the distinction 
of tiring the arm that holds the broiler and 
tiring the eye that directs the arm. 


M“Clarys 


Lendon, Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, Vancouver, St.John, Hamilton, Calgary 


a Oe emer neree 


GURNEY - OXFORD 


means range perfection. 


OR years the name ‘‘ GURNEY- 
OXFORD” has stood for the 
highest development in cooking 

ranges. No matter what conditions the 
range must meet, no miatter what price 
you wish to pay, you will get more 
range efficiency for your money in 
the ‘‘Gurney-Oxford” lines than in 
any other that’s built. 


All our years of experience and our 
store of range knowledge is put into 
this, one of our latest productions— 


Golden Nugget §& 
Steel Range . 


is built of dead flat, patent levelled steel and lined with asbestos— 
the kind that stands all kinds of heat and never warps or cracks. 


It's supplied with the new Gurney- 
Oxford reversible grate, toor The 
grate with the interlocking teet!, 
that cut off the dead ashes, when 
operated, and makes the fire re- 
7 aoe quickly. No good coal diops 
through it either, every particle is 
burnt, That is one of this range’s 
fuel-saving features. 

This grate can be removed and a 
wood-burning grate substituted 
without moving a bolt.or a sciew. 


Then, notice the extra large oven 
—splendid for baking day. And 
the drop door forms a solid shelf 
for basting. 

‘The fire. linings can be removed 
without disturbing the top—that 
means economical repairs. 


GURNEY-OXFORD 
Chancellor Range 


built of patent-levelled, dead- The Gurney-Oxford Golden Nug- 


flat steel—-will last a lifetime, get Range is a low-price range 
qn with fr Duplex revers- | with high~-price efficiency, 
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without disturbing the linings. in detail. * bin 


The Gurney-Oxford Chancellor We know that once you have seen 
range saves food, fuel and worry, it you won't be satisfied until you 
takes all the bother out of have this labor-saving, fuel-saving 
cooking. range in your kitchen, 


The Gurney Standard Metal Co., Limited {2'ss'7,, 
Morris & Taylor, iicousr"™ 


re. 


LORE DL Rao GLE Y el ES 


— 


fay intr SERRA ek 


a saps haanonce cp adn tetas iene tonal eae A eR —o e : 5 


Rg stn Shammn i nweinntat 


Bar, and began the practice of law 


ss aenainige atts 0lietarcownht oan ieelaimendi at I gi ie tindias 


FIRST ON CAN. 
- ADA’S LIST. 


Most Famous Son of Nova Scotia ts |. 
dudge Haliburton, Who Was One 
of the Dominion’s First Advertisers 
tn the Old Land—Achieved a High 
Position In. Nova Scotia Before He 
Went to England: 


Nova Scotia: has produced many 
men, famous as soldiers, sailors, 
statesmen atid men of letters, but no 
@on of hers has achieved more fame 
than the immortal author of “Sam 
Slick,” 

It ;was on a December morning in 
the yeat 1796 that Thomas Chandler 
Haliburton was born in the town of 
Windsor, Nova Scotia. 

His father was the Hon. William 
Otis Haliburton, a descendant of a 
distinguished Scotch family bearing 
‘that name, who had married: Lucy, 
daughter of Major Robert Grant, fam- 
ed for his gallant acts during the Am- 
erican war. Of this: union Thomas 
Chandler Haliburton ‘was the only 


son. 

Little is known of his childhood, 
‘but at an early age he matriculated 
into King’s wage ng Windsor — ‘the 
oldest. university in the British col- 
‘iories. Here. as in later life, his ca- 
reer was a brilliant. one, and in 1818 
he graduated with high honors. Two 

ears later he was admitted to the 


in Annapolis Royal. A ‘ 

Not content with the success which 
the was at such an early age achiev- 
fing as a barrister, Haliburton entered 
the political arena, and in 1826 was 
returned to the House of Assembly 
‘as member for the combined counties 
of Annapolis and aon 
' Here the future author became one 
of the most active and prominent 
imembers, and was soon recognized 
mot only as a Keen debater, but also 
as a brilliant orator. Writing of his 
famous speech on the Catholic Eman- 
icipation question—which he strongly 
ladvoeated—Murdoch says: “This 
speech was the most splendid piece 
of declamation that it has ever been 
my fortune to listen to. As an orator 
Mr. Haliburton’s attitude and man- 
ner were extremely impressive, earn- 
est and dignified, and although the 
strong propensity of his mind to wit 
and humor were often apparent, they 
seldom detracted from the seriousness 
of his language.” * 

In 1830, “at the age of thirty-four, 

aliburton, on being offered a seat 
on the Bench, -resigned from the 
'House.and became a judge of the 
Supreme Court. Here his wit receiv- 
ed full play, and many are the stor- 
es told of his humorous remarks, of- 
jten made at the, expense’ of counsel 
larguing before him, On one occesion 
ia case wes being tried before him in 
"Halifax, when the lawyer for the de- 
fence concluded his address by sev- 
fing, “My Lord, I now trust you will 
fhonorably discharge the _ prisoner, ps 

e came here for justice.” “Justice,” 
uickly replied his lordship, ‘we .did- 
m’t come here for justice, we came 
there for law.” 

It was,in 1829 thet Haliburton first 
ppears as an euthor,—the historian 
f his native province. This work, 
twhich was well received, brought the 
author a resolution from the House 
of Assembly expressing their appre- 
ciation of his book. Six years later 
fhe wrote a series of pnonymous let- 
lters in The Nova Scotian—then a 
‘fourishing newspaper published in 
Halifax by that greatest of Nova 
Scotians—Joseph Howe. In these let- 
ters he mute vse of a Yankee peddler 
as his mouthpiece. So well was this 
character received in Canada and the 
‘United States, where the letters were 
widely copied, that the articles were 
collected and pvblished in England, 
where they greetly amused the public 
and met with instant favor. - 

In 1856 he retired from the Bench 

d moved to England, remaining 

ere until his death. 

In 1859 Haliburton entered British 

litics, and on his election to sit as 

e member for Launceston he thank- 
‘ed hia constituents “in behalf of four 
ynillion of British subjects on the oth- 
ver side of the water, who up to the 
present time, had not one individual 
n the House of Commons through 

hom they might be heard.” 

Haliburton, although he labored 
runceasingly, was able to do little that 

ould help the colonies—for, in his 
Pn words, “those ut home care little 
or, and like less, the colonies.” 

: his residence in England 
"Sam -Slick,””’ as he was popularly 
alled, wrote many books. Among the 
10st important may be mentioned 
‘The Attache, or Sum Slick in Eng- 
and,” “Sam Slick’s Wise Saws and 
odern Instances,” ‘“‘The American 
jat Home,”’ and ‘‘The Season Ticket.” 
, The genius of his writings entitled 

im to foremost rank amongst the 
authors of his day, 

In 1865 Judge Haliburton died at 
this home in Isleworth, on the banks 

f the Thames, and he lies buried in 
he churchyard there, beside the 
{grave of the famous navigator Van: 
wouver, 

In the words of a local chronicler; 
The village’ of Isleworth will hence- 
forth be associated with the most 
peeinn reminiscences of Mr. Justice 

aliburton; and the names of Pope, 
Cowley, Thompson and Walpole will 
find a kindred spirit in the world-wide 
reputation of ‘Sam Slick,’ who, like 
them, died on the banks of the 
Thames.” 

A few years ago a well-known Am- 
erican author visited Windsor in or- 
der that in the home of the author of 
“Sam Blick,’ he might reverently un- 
cover his head to that spirit of gen- 
ius—a genius who, ever loyal to the 
lund of his nativity, Nova Scotia- is 
proud to call her son. 

Land Sales Big. 

The Dominion Government sales of 
pre-emption lands during 1908 re- 

ated 1,979,830 acres, and of othen 
ands 99,970 acres, the total value of 
both being $6,229,699. It may be ob- 
served that the proceeds of the pre- 
emption land sales are to be ear- 
marked for the cost of the construc 
tion of the Hudson Bay Railway— 
ebout 500 miles— which is to be built 
by the Government. 


inan dat insists on bein’ de 
show ain’t got much respect foh de 
feelin’s of de audience.”’ 


Minard’s Liniment Cures 


I beg’ to announcé to 
the Officers of Western 
Municipalities and School 
Districts that in future 
all negotiations forthe _ 
purchase of debentures 
shall be carried on in 
my own name, and not 
in the name of my for- 
mer representatives 
in Regina, with whom I 
have severed connection, 


William C. Brent 
Canada Life TORONTO 


Building ..-+ 


LO ITE, AR 


Unwritten History 


The winter has been sorely disappoint- 


ing, 
It’s knocked the interest out of 


romance ; 
But possibly“the spring that’s now en- 
jointing 
Will ‘give the old inhabitant a 
chance. : 
Sometimes | 
“‘Sometifes,” said Uncle Eben, “‘de 


whole 


Frenzied Financiering 
Columbus Washington Johnson 


Smith—W’at’s de price er dem water- 
melons, Mr. Jackson? 


Mr. Jackson (cunningly)—Ten cents 


er piece and I pick "em; 20 cents er 
piece an’ you pick ’em, Mr. Smif. 


Mr. Smith—All right, Mr. Jackson. 


I guess I’ll take ’em all, and you 
pick ’em, ef you please !—Puck. 


Pill That is Prized.—There have 


been manyspills put upon the market 
and pressed upon public attention, 
but none has endured so long or met 
with so much favor as Parmelee’s 
Vegetable. Pills. 
them has attested their great value, 
and they need no further advertise- 
ment than this. 
lished themselves in public esteem, 
they now rank without a peer in the 
list of standard vegetable prepara- 
tions. 


Widespread use of 


Having firmly estab- 


Realizing , $210 in 1905, a malacca 


cane with carved/ivory handle, which 
belonged to the late Sir Henry Irving, 
was sold for $150 at Sotheby’s in Lon- 
don. 


Dandruff. 
ot canny gtendpein 
First Lawyer—I wish I had been liv- 


ing in King Solomon’s ‘time. 


Second Lawyer—Why? - . 
First Lawyer—He had 700 wives. 


Think of the divorce business he*could 
have 
Herald. 


thrown in my way.—Syracuse 


If one be troubled with corns and 


warts he will find in Holloway’s Corn 
Cure ‘an application, that will entirely 
relieve suffering. 


Optimism , 
Solemn Man-—Do you hear the clock 


slowly ticking? Do you know what 
day it is ever bringing nearer? 


Cheerful Man—Yes; pay day.—Mel- 


bourne Table Talk. 


up-hill without coughing 
very har a 


THIS, and much more was 
written by Mr. G. W. Hower- 
ton, Clark’s Gap, W. Va. We 
would like to send you a full 
copy of his letter, or you 
might write him direct. His 
case was really marvelous, 
but is only one of the many 
proofs that 


is the most strengthening 
and re-vitalizing preparation 
in the world. ven in that 
most stubborn of all diseases 
consumption) it does won- 
ers, and in less serious 
troubles, such as anemia, 
bronchitis, asthma, catarrh, 
or loss of flesh from any . 
cause the effect is much 
quicker. 

Do not delay. Get a bottle of SOOTT'S 


EMULSION--vbe sure it's SOOTT’S and 
try 


4LL DRUGGISTS 


W. N. U. No. 737. 


was, 
charming girl ‘ 
was naturally no tion. Indeed, 
as the “affair” became serious it was 
evident to all, including John and 


Molly themselves, that the nts 
concerned weétre. delighted. As yet 


there was no formal announcement, 

but every one knew that it was “un- 

derstood,”’ and evening after evening 

John talked: to Molly on the front 
rch, often lingering after the other 
élsons had retired, ‘ 

The surprise of the two was con- 
sequently great when 6ne one a 
shuffling re was heard in the hall, 
and presently Mr, Nelson appeared 
in slippers, and ero can: 
dle in hand. “Quite evidently he 
had gone to bed and then got up— 
for some ete ‘ 
ather, what is the mat- 


father stood there 
and eying John closely. John, lean- 
ing against the\ doorpost, where he 
had stood for the last fifteen minutes 
saying good-night to Molly, felt de- 
cidedly uncomfortable under Mr. Nel- 
son's gaze. 

Tn fact, it was embarrassing all 
around. But-John is a young man 
who goes straight to the point. 

“Is anything wrong, Mr.  Nel- 
son?’ he began. “Am, T to infer 
that you object to my being here?” 

‘Well, no, not soc tpries b John.” 
Mr. Nelson coughed slightly, hesitat- 
ingly. ‘It’s only’that mother and I 
would like to get a little sleep.” 

“Father,” cried Molly, quite indig- 
nant, “ we couldn’t have been dis- 
turbing any one! John has been talk- 
ing very low’’— 

“T don’t doubt, that, my dear.” Mr. 
Nelson was beginning to enjoy the 
situation. “It’s not that, nor have I 
any objection to John’s talking to 
you. In fact, I hayven’t an objection 
in the world to John nor to his con- 
duct, except”— 

Mr. Nelson is open to suspicion of 
having prolonged the matter unneces- 
sarily at this point, 

—“except im one thing. Mrs. Nel- 
son and I do object seriously, my dear 
John, to the habit you seem to have 
formed this evening of leaning 
against the bell push. Our bedroom 
is next to the kitchen, and this con- 
tinuous bell ringing. is not conducive 
to repose.” ‘ 


THE ATTIC INSTINCT. 


‘ 
Why Some Persons Cling to Things 
That Are Rubbish, 
The attic instinct hangs on surpris- 


ingly, and an observing eye can tell} 


how many years a person has lived in 
the city by merely: glancing under 
her bed. If there are three hat boxes 
one will ‘contain letters, one scraps 
of ribbons and leces-—if it’s a man 
it’s newspaper_.clippings .—..and_one 
anything from a broken lock to old 
road maps. If, besides these, thete 
are bundles of maguzines and piles of 
newspepers, not to mention a bicycle 
seat and a green umbrelta that one 
might use in private theatricals—if 
all these things have been placed un- 
der the bed against the protests of 
the family, if they are patiently mov- 
ed every’ cleaning day and clung to 
through a moving, then their owners 
have the attic instinct to such an ex- 
tent that there is not the slightest 
hipe of their ever being cured. They 
will think from an attic point of view 
for the rest of their lives, and their 
family might as well become resigned. 

When people are willing to make 
themselves disagreeable over a bit of 
string and absolutely objectionable 
om the subject of stray pieces of 
brown paper they should not be ac- 
cused of having bad dispositions, nor 
should they be suspected of doing it 
to annoy one. They are merely suf- 
fering from the attic instinct and ean- 
not help themselves. 

Their characters were formed and 
have now hardened for a scheme of 
life where certain things wefe always 
kept in the cellar, others in the wood 
shed, others in the pantry and the 
cupboard on the first floor, still oth- 
ers in the closets 9n the next floor, 
and everything and anything that 
overflowed from any of these places 
was just taken up to the attic, And 
now these poor dear souls live with 
a ‘cellar, three stories and an attic 
still lodged in their minds, and, 
though they will in time disappear, 
like all unnecessary members—sev- 
enth toe, tails, an‘‘appendix—in the 
meantime they are having trouble 
with them, they are’ ‘suffering and 
fighting for them, and it takes a ser- 
ious operation to remove so much as 
one ‘scrap book if. the owner thinks 
he may like to read it over in his old 
age. . 


Piscatorial Architecture. 


Our four-year-old Elizabeth has re- 
cently been syuperintending (at a safe 
distance) some extensive repairs on 
our barn. These repairs included, 
among other things, the violent tear- 
ing off of the roof, an exciting opera- 
tion accompanied by much beautiful 
and soul-inspiring noise. 

A rainy day caused 4 suspension of 
outdoor work, and Elizabeth trans- 
ferred her attention to the kitchen. 
When she came upstairs after an 
are absence her mother said to 

er: 

“Where have you’ been so long, 
dear?” 

“Oh, I’ve just been in the kitchen,” 
she answered, “watchin Nora take 
the shingles off a fish!” 


Astounding Vitality of the Turtle. 


The vitality of this strange sea crea- 
ture, the turtle, after decapitation is 
almost beyond belief. A large turtle 
was once sent to a hotel in New- 
castle. The chef cut the turtle’s 
head off and hung the body upside 
down to bleed. wenty-four hours 
after that turtle knocked down a man 
cook with one blow of its fin. The 
green turtle is not a vicious creature 
to handle, like its snapping Japanese 
brother, but its fins are very sone, 
and one blow from them is quite . 
ficient to @ man’s arm.—Wide 
World Magazine. 


|) 47 QUICKLY AND NATURALLY 
ae es -_—_—_— ‘. 


‘ 
‘ Re ie wn « tt. May 


DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS WILL DO 


- 

it ie ores a by Sluggish Circulation 

t on by Deranged Kid 
Failing to Strain Impurities Out 
of the Blood. 

Stayner, Ont, espa ot the 
Spring the Kidneys always need atten: 
tion. They have additional work in 
straining the winter’s accumulation of 
impurities,out of the blood and if they 
are at all out of order it is sure to tell 
on them. It is only a questién of the 
best method of treatitig them and Er- 
nest Colwell of thie placa adds his 
testimony to the great mass of proof 
that the one sure cure fcr sick Kid- 
neys is Dodd’s Kidney Pills. ~ 

“Some time ago,” says Mr. Colwell 
“I had severe Pains and Soreness in, 
the small of my back, and sometimes 
noticed a brick dust sediment in my 
urine, so of coursé I knew my Kidneys 
were affected. I procured some of 
Dodd's Kidney Pills, which readily 
cured the pains and soreness and 
restored the urine to its natural color, 
T always recommend Dodd’s Kidney 
Pills.” 

Everybody needs medicine in the 
Spring, and'the medicine they need is 
Dodd’s Kidney Pills:. Thet clear the 
blood of impurities and: by giving the 
blood free circulation, speedily and 
naturally chase away that tired feel- 
ing. It ix caused by sluggish cirenla- 
tion, and Dodd’s Kidney Pills always 
cure it 
_—— Tr o88w800Wuu. 

Crop Improvement 

The most marked improvements in 
small grain are brought about by the 
selection and propagation of individ- 
ual plants which show superior yield- 
ing powers. One well-known variety 
of wheat was started by a farmer 
whose keen eye detected unusual pro- 
ducing power in a single plant growing 
in a field of rye. Many others trace to 
a similar origin. Some observer notic- 
ing superior characteristics in\a plant, 
has isolated and propagated it. These 
variations are occurring all the time. 
They may be due to accidental cross- 
fertilization, they may be simply 
“sports,” but whatever their origin, if 
they vary in the direction of higher 
yield, better quality or stronger straw, 
they are worth propagating. 


sala aaaie te aaa sta tesla dee ste seta tata die adittaaia stadia 


THE ILLS OF BABYHOOD 
AND OF CHILDREN. 


The ills of childhood are 
many, and may prove serious if 
not promptly attended to. In 
all homes where Baby’s Owh 
Tablets, are kept there is a 
prompt cure*at hand for such 
troubles ‘as, indigestion, colic 
diarrhoea, constipation, worms, 
and teething troubles. And the 
mother has the guarantee of a 
government analyst that this 
medicine contains no opiate or 
poisonous drug. Mrs. R. Ham- 
mond, Copetown, Ont., says :— 
“T have used Baby’s Own Tab- 
lets and think nothing can equal 
them for small children. I 
would not be without them in 
the house, for they saved m 
little girl’s life.’”’ Sold by medi- 
cine dealers, or by mail at 25 
cents a box from The Dr. Will- 
iams’ Medicine Co., Brockville 
Ont. : 

* 


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EXER EERE KE EEREREERE EE EEE EEE 
EERKEAAK EE AAE ERA AKEEAKERAEREESERE RE REE ES 


To wipe out a debt of $270, a de- 
fendant at an English court was or- 
dered to pay $1.20 a month—so that 
the instalments would be spread over 
eighteen years. 


I consider MINARD’S LINIMENT 
the BEST liniment in use. f 

I got my foot badly jammed lately. 
I bathed it well with MINARD’S 
LINIMENT, and it was as well as 
ever next day. 

Yours very truly, 
T. G. McMULLEN. 


The farmer who reads is the farmer 
who grows. Not everything that is 
printed is of the best er practicable, 
but it does its purpose if it sets you 
thinking, and after all the thinking 
man is- the one who usually does 
things. A half-hearted farmer is worse 
than none. Push the business. 


Lord Lovat sailed for South Africa 
recently on a visit of inspection to the 
government agricultural settlements as 
well as to his own property in those 
parts. 


A Home Trader. 

A surgeon in a western town, en- 
gaged to perform an operation of mi- 
nor character upon a somewhat unso- 
phisticated patient, asked him if he 
were willing to have only a local 
anaesthetic. 

“Sure!” replied the other. “I be- 
Neve in patronizing home industry 
whenever you 7an.” 

And be meant ..—Lippincott’s Mag- 
azine, 


Not @ Flattering Promise. 
“I will not leave this house,” he de- 
clared, “until.you promise to be my 


wife.” 
“Will you leave immediately if 1 
premise?” . 
es.” 
“All right, then; I do. Anything to 
get rid of you even for a little while.” 
Minneapolis Journal. 


Retire ot entee 


at our 
turer, “Captain Aylmer an 


fortur 
m. 

than five minutes wh 

pg a richly-dress 


our. money, as he had plenty of both 


At the” 


ch betel 


w ; : him- 
i er a they were journeying from 


x TEhdot, an Northern Arsbia, they 
the emir, Feysul Ibn 


whose first quéstions 
after greeting them was | your 
teeth your own or are they f 


t f 
“On our arrival at the house placed 
disposal,” continued . the lee. 
d myself 
our 


ted ourselves. on 

in 8 pu suet a cordial se 

it we ha been there more 

Feyaul’s head 

‘ nage call- 
alm, came to, tell us that the 

emir would not take our camels or 


atul 
4 
a 


but that he would like any things o 


European make or of interest that we 


happened to have. ’ 

orhis was Only too true, and during 
our fiye days’ stay there. there was 4 
continued. p' sion of ‘slaves and 
hangers-on from the castle, demanding 
things for the emir and his visitors 
and favorites, and demanding them 
in sacha ‘way that it was impossible 
for us, situated as we were, to refuse, 


until we had practically neching. of 
any value left, having been flee ! of 
watches, revolver, . various 


more or Jess. than a Bef and the oli- 
max was reathed, TI fairly fost 
my témper whens slave, who 
had come to demand. scent, hair 
grease and moustache wax for the 
emir, told me I: was a liar when I 
said I had none.” : 


One Against Mr. Edwardes. 

The famous theatrical manager, Mr. 
George Edwardes, tells a good story 
illustrative of the difficulties with 
which marragers have to contend. “I 
was once negotiating witha lady, 
he says, “to go to India as prima 
donna, ahd I though would ap- 
proach the question artiully. We 
were neatly agreed, the difference be- 
tween us was a paltry $500 a week— 
I ‘offered her $500 and she asked me 
$1,000 a week, I began to tell of the 
glories: of India, how the lady would 


‘win the hearts of all the Princes, o 


Jams and Rams and Dams and na- 
bobs. I said; ‘As is their custom, 
they'll send you ropes of pearls to 
tie up your dresses, elephants with 
trunks full of emeralds, and diamonds 
enough for a skirt’—and skirts were 
skirts in those days. ‘What is a mis- 
erable $500. a week by the side of 
that?’ Well, I thought I had impress- 
ed the ladv: She promised to think 
it over. 


She did. Next day I gota 


Aye 1. P. 8 
St ; 


her, The e 
wisdom of the eng taigene 
ing been completely cured 
Buk, Mrs, St. Denis gives her experi- 
ence for-the benefit of other sufferers.. 
She says: “‘Eezema started on one 
side of my face and nose.. At first my 
nose felt, soté, similar to what one 
feels when having a bad céld.’.I paid 
no attention to this, thinking it would 
pass away in a day or 80; but to my 
surprise it got worse. The nose then 
became swollen atid hard, and turned 
a purplish red, as well as part of the 
cheek on that side of my face. As the 
disease developed, pimples and- ul- 
cers broke out, then the skin cracked 
in places and peeled off in flakes, 
leaving my face’ and. nose raw and 
sore, This condition reacted on m 
ede health, and I became vefy ill. 
could get no sleep at night because 
of the irritation and the pain, and. 


fect, until one day he. said that. the 
only thing which would now Le likely 
to cure me was Zam-Buk. 

“Acting on his advice, I procured 
|a supply and found that even” the 
first few applications ‘had a soothing 
effect on the sores, I left off every-. 
thing. else in favor of this: balm, and 


affected parts. In a remarkably short 
time, considering the obstinate na- 
ture of my disease, we saw traces of 
improvement, which encouraged us to 
persevere with. the Zam-Buk treat- 
ment, Zam-Buk reduced the: dis¢olor- 
ation, then the hard swelling began 
to show traces of. leaving, the sores 
‘seemed to be less angry, and in about 
three week’ time most of the sores 
were healing nicely, To cut a long 
story short, I continued with the Zam- 
Buk treatment until my - face was 
eleared completely of all traces of the 
troublesome and painful ‘eezema.” 
Zam-Buk is a sure eure for cuts, 
lacerations, burns, eczema, ringworm, 
»oisoned wounds, festering sores, bad 
leg, and all skin injuries and diseases. 
Tt is-also a cure for piles... Druggists 
and Stores everywhere: sell at 50c. a 
hox, or post free from Zam-Buk Co., 
Toronto on receipt of price. You are 
warned against cheap and harmful 


note: ‘Dear Mr. Edwardes, give me/{mitations sometimes represented as 
7 


my terms, and you can keep the pres- 
ents.’ ” ; 


Indicative of Genius. 

“Horace was a great poet,” declared 
the man with the chewed looking mus- 
tache, . ae! 

“But,” replies the man with the 
overgrown ears, “somebody said the 
other day that Horace, wrote his po- 
ems to advertise the wines of Italy.” 

“Sure! If he could write what he 
did on the inspiration of the ‘table 
d’hote wine we get at restaurants he 
must have been a real genius.”—Chi- 
cago Post, 


CATARRH CANNOT B& CURED 
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, ‘as 
they cannot reach the seat of the dis- 
ease. Catarrh is a blood or constitu- 
tional disease, and in order to cure it 
you must take internal remedies. 
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internal- 
ly, and acts directly on the blood and 
mucous surfaces. Hall’s Catarrh 
Cure is not a quack medicine. It was 
prescribed by one of the bebt‘physi- 
cians in this country for years and is 
a regular prescription. It is composed 
of the best tonics known, combined 
with the best blood’ purifiers, acting 
directly on the mucous suffaces. The 
perfect combination of the two in- 
gredients is what produces such won- 
derful results in curing Catarrh. Send 
for testimonials free. 

F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., 

: . Toledo, O. 

Sold by Druggists, price 75c. 

Take Hall’s Family Pills for con- 
stipation. 


An elephant can get up a speed of 
twenty miles an hour, and sustain it 
for half a day. ; ; 


The reward of the cabman who takes 
to Scotland Yard ‘‘things left behind” 


is fixed at half a crown in ¢he pound | 


on the value of the article. 


Repeat it:—" Shileh’s Cure will ak 
ways cure my coughs and colds.” 


Man—Your dog ‘looks thin. 
Boy—Yes;.he’s all run down. 
watch dog. 
A Matter of Principle 
mation? 


She—I think so. 
taker. 


to do her work, an 
strongly recommend 


Man—How do you account for that? | 
Boy—Mebbe it’s because he’s ~a| 


He—Is your father opposed to cre- 


He is an under- 


“just as good.” 


The.Lay of the Hen 
“The spring has come, it’s time to 
hatch 
Ideas.and.egglets, too; 
All winter long, in rain. or shine, 
I’ve laid right in for you. 
Now please go ’way and let me ‘lone, 
Yours truly please forget; od 
I’m tired of laying all the while, 
I want to stop and get.”’ 


Pointer to Kissers 


Never kiss. a girl while the scent. of 
cigarettes is on your lips, for the next 
fellow who comes’ along may think 
sh? has been doing the smoking. 

RAIN LOSES 
Sympathetic : 

Father (proudly)—I believe, my 
dear, that boy of ours knows as much 
as, I do. : 

Mother—Yes, poor little fellow! It’s 
too bad that he doesn’t know any 
more. 


Repeat 
it: —“Shiloh’s Cure will 
cure my coughs and colds." 


By and by a man gets tired of ask- 
ing for his daily bread and he insists 
on having pie and cake. 


Minard's Liniment Cures Burns, €tc. 


In the Public Eye ” 
Washingtdy Star—And you will not 
be downcast in case of defeat? 
Certainly not. A man can keep be- 
| fore the public as a candidate even 
| more effectively than as an official, 


Some persons are more susceptible 
to colds than others, contracting de- 
rangements of the pulmonary organs 
from the slightest causes. iese 
|should always have at hand a bottle 
|0f Bickle’s Anti-Consumptive Syrup, 
the prenpnt day sovereign remedy for 
| coughs, catarrh and inflammation of 
|the lungs, . It will effect a cure no 
matter how severe the cold may be. 
| You cannot afford to be without a 
remedy like Bickle’s, for it is the best. 


Herses would be spared much suf- 
fering and the owners have less “‘lost 
time” if a little forethought and at- 
| tention were given to collars and har- 
ness. There is absolutely no reason 
for ill-fitting or dragging harness. 


Marth gone? 
we hat 2 ” ited 
* Three moaths of this e 


have 


and you are run 
om 1 3 months bow 
paecstopal ows 
man and 


AR 


by a 


| applied it liberally every day to the * 


@ 


od 


Mnglish adthoress, has just started 
from England to embark on one of the 
‘most adventirdus journeys ever under- 
faken by a woiban. She proposes to 
0 trom Cape Town, South Africa, to 
Cairo, Hgypt, distance of 5,000 miles, 
accompanidd “by only native guides. 
Part the way les through prac- 
tically ‘unexplored couttry. 

Midway in the South African jungle 
‘ghe sore to meet President Roose- 
‘velt. igh the meeting place is ndt 
as yet determined upon, Miss Mans 
field thinks it will be somewhere near 
Nairobi, north of Lake Tanganyika. 
The natives of this district are known 
to be treacherous ‘and hostile, and as 
Miss. Mansfield will be the ohly white 
Woman among them the situation is 
Mkely to prove highly interesting, to 

the feast. 

“Phe adventurots woman spent all 
her spare time lately in learning how 
to use firearms, sv that should sbe be 
attacked in making one. of the most 
perilous trips on record she will be 
able to give a good account of herself. 

_. What will carry Miss Mansfield 
through successfully is perhaps the 
daring character of her project. ‘Though 
not the first journey made by a white 
woman through ghis portion of Africa, 
it is. the first time one of her sex has 
attempted to “go through” on the lines 
'<Jaid down by Miss Mansfield, Most 
otherswho have made the trip have 
done so from ‘necessity, going from 
ove part of the district to another in 
order to reach some permanent resi- 

+ dence in the country and having as lit- 
tle to do with the natives as possible. 

With .Miss Mansfield, however, it is 
different. She intends to try to “affill- 
ate” with the natives, fo learn their 
habits of thought and to study their 

-.eustoms, She is a great beliéver in 
the psychology of the native races, 
and, as she is somewhat of a seer her 

- “gélf; will strive to get “en rapport” 
with the aborigines in a way hitherto 

‘*undreamed of by others. 

Despite all Miss Mansfield’s disclaim. 

‘era as to the dariger that may attend 
her In. passing through this country, 
persons acquainted with the matter 
gay that itis a risky thing for 2 wo- 
man to do. She has already received” 
hosts of letters from white residents in 

_ Africa—wholly. unknown to het—warn- 
ing her against undertaking so peril- 
ous a-trip, but, as all her arrange- 
ments are now made, she says there is 
no turning back. 

Miss Mansfield has achieved fame in 
England in various walks of life. She 
is a well known author and as a poet 
enjoys the distinction of being called 
the “Hila Wheeler Wilcox” of Eng- 
land. 


Musical Leadership Her Goal. 

Mrs. Meredith, daughter-in-law. of 
George Meredith. novelist. stepped 
into the breach in Harrowgate the 
other day and wielded the baton as 
gubstitute for the conductor of the 
municipal orchestra, one of the best in 
England. It was one of the few times 
fn England’ that a woman has con- 
ducted an important orchestra. and 80 
much publicity bas followed that Mrs. 
Meredith bas been invited to direct 
other bands throughout the country:at 
special performances. She is a music 
lover ahd daily entertains her father- 
in-law at the piano, She has been suc- 
cessful as a composer of songs and is 
anibitious to write an opera. She be- 
Neves English composers will hold 
their own with German, French and 
Italians in operati¢ compositions, and 
she has made the prediction that the 
next great magician of music will be 
a woman, This seems like a rash prom- 
ise, but Mrs, Meredith argues that, as 
Charlotte Bronte rose to great heights 
as a novelist and Elizabeth Browning 
achieved distinction as a poet, mateh- 
ing that of Rosa: Bonheur asa painter, 
it is blind prejudice to hold women 
are unequal to a great operatic work. 


: ‘The Good Will Habit. 

A habit of holding a kindly attitude 
of mipd toward everybody has a pow- 
erful influence upon the character, It 
lifts the mind above petty jealousies 
and meanpesses. It encircles and en- 
lorges the whole life. Where we meet 
peoplé, no matter if they are strangers, 
we feel a certain kinship with and 
friendlinéss for them if we have form- 
ed.the good will habit. 

In other. words, the kindly habit, the 
good will habit, makes. us feé) more 
sympathy for everybody. And if we 
radiate this helpful, “friendly feeling 
others will reflect it back to us. 

’ On the hand, if we go through 
Mfe with a cold, 


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ni 
iz : 
fires Hi 
se eg? 


i 
i 
i 
i 


& 
i 
2g 


ee, 


dent recéntly has thrown dull care to 
the winds and sought @iversion in the 
gay waltz and the spirited barn dance.’ 
Miss Roosevelt hasbeen the reason 


iff 
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3 


usiasm you say to your hostess: 
pat ate so Clever! How do 
apisoch pretty things?” 
bility she wil! tell, you 
"t think of them ar all— 


that she jast copies them, This you 
may set down to modesty, but in nine 
cases out of ten it is the truth, 


That girl has merely strained her- 


self to be observing. She reads the 
papers and magazines, and when a 
clever idea is suggested she cuts it ont 
and files it away in her book of sug- 
gestions... When she sees salad served 
in a new way at some smart dinner 
she makes a mental note of it, and the 
hext tiie she bas a guest she tries 
her new salad ‘course. 


So, while this girl has made for her- 


self a reputation of being ‘extremely 
“clever, 
she is not clever at all. 
uses the things that other people have 
thought of. So there is really little ex- 
cuse, after all, for the woman who-is 
invariably satisfied with the common- 
place. The better ways are hers for 
the taking. , 


according to her own way, 
She. merely 


Much Dancing.!n the Capital. 
Washington has gone dancing mad 
Never was dancing such a craze, and 
notwithstanding-hints that such capers 
were not beseeming the chief execu- 
tive of the -United States the prest< 


for giving weekly dances in the White 
House’ since the first of the year, and 
all Washington, young, old and middle 
aged, has set out to dance. The pres- 
ident is as skillful in picking a way 
through the intricacies of modern 
waltzing as through hunting country. 
He enters tnto the festive spirit and 
dances vigorously. Grizzied generals 
and stately admirals and diplomatists 
so covered with honors and decora- 
tions as to look Hike the kaiser lead 
forth the. blushing buds and whirl in 
the barn dance, This lively measure 
is the favorite. : 


_. New Jaré For Cereals. 

Fhe newest, jars for cereals, herbs 
and condiments are so attractive that 
they may very properly adorn a room 
other than the kitchen, ‘ 

‘They are in opal ware, in oddly 
shaped bottles and jars, and show de- 
signs iu bright colors, The ‘cherry 
displays a most natura) looking bunch 
of this fruit below the label, and the 
rooster shows this bird in all his vani- 


,ty. There are fifteen pjeces in all. 


The price for the set complete is $7. 

As a. wedding gift these jars would 
be, thuch appreciated—indeed. probably 
‘more than an expensive piece of bric- 
a-brac, : . 


She Caught the Germ. 

Doltie: had been away with her par- 
ents, and, being very keen on old 
china, they had gone into many shops 
to look at pieces, and she had heard 
much talk about.the various marks 
and the consequent-value of the china. 
Some timé after a sailor friend was 
visiting them and showed her a tattoo 
mark on his arm. \ 

“Oh, mamma| do come and look,” 
exclaimed Dollie. 

And then after watching her mother 
examining the mark she added, “Is he 
“valuable, mother?” 


Mrs. Browning and Her Grandmamma. 

A copy of Mrs. Browning’s “Battle 
of Marathon,” the epic she wrote in 
her thirteenth year, has been sold for 
$400. The value of the volime was no 
doubt increased ‘by the autograph of 
the author, who presented this partic- 
ulat copy to ber “dearest grandma” as 
a birthday gift. Even that little at- 
tention did not prevent grandmamma 
from saying tbat she had far rather 
see Elizabeth’s hemming more care- 
fully finished than to hear so much of 
her bookish achievemetts. 


Russian Tea Jelly. 

Russian tea jelly, which is some- 
times served like a frappe in place of 
ices at afternoon “at homes,” is easily 
made. Turn two and a half cupfuls of 
boiling. water and the juice of a lemon 
over four heaping tablespoonfuls of 
tea,‘add a heaping*tablespoonful of 
gelatin dissolved and a little sugar. 
Stir thoroughly and strain into p wet 
mold. 


Spinach as a Salad. 

Cold spinach left in. the vegetable 
dish after dinner is good served again 
In the form of a salad. Season it well 
with salt and pepper. dress with may- 
onnaise and decorate with a few sma!) 
fettuce leaves and one or two bard 
boiled eggs sliced crosswise. A tiny 
young onion sliced may be sprinkled 
over the salad or alternated with the 
slices of eggs as a garnish. 


° 

What Dr. Anna Shaw Says. 
Mr, Roosevelt's ‘JetteF on woman's 
provoked a reply from the 
Rey, Anna A. Shaw at Buffalo the 
other day. She declared that the pres- 
dent evidently was not fully informed 
on the subject, adding, “But, then, he 


Ladies, Take Notices. 
Deckigr says that 

will write a paper 

tuk, a8 im her travels 

she bas uever 

six women. 

who 


Tite 
H 


a 


Benes 5 the Values of Life. | 

“It isn’t the number of marriages, it 
fs the quatity of marriages, that mat- 
vers, both to us and ‘to future genera- 
tions,”. said Miss Mary F. Woolley, 
president of Mount Holyoke college, in 
her talk at a college alumnae luncheon 
held recently. “College women,” she 
raid, “have a sense of the values of 
life, ‘Their attitude totvard marriage 
is not unlike that of the little girl who 
was being tutored in ethics. 
» “What is the best thing and. the 
hardest thing in the world to do? 
asked the teacher, expecting the child 
to say, ‘Tell the truth.’ 

“Getting married,’ piped the pupil.” 

Miss Woolley said she believed the 
professional woman’s love of home 
was deeper and stronger often than 
that of the nonprofessional woman. 
“As to whether women. ought to go 
out in the world; ought to be econom- 
ically independent—that is a question 
to be decided by the individual. It de- 
pends on temperament, the individual 
needs. It is entirely personal, The 
question of what woman’s work is 
was never so broad as it is today or 
so ill defined.” 
” Miss Woolley. adjured the college wo- 
men to work for the welfare of “the 
homeless ‘hewsboys, the women herd.) 


‘ed in tenements which it is a travesty 


to call homes” and especially “to abol- 
ish sweatshops if it tikes every drop | 
of bargain loving blood you -have in 
your veins.” ‘ 

Dr. Balliet, another speaker at this 
luncheon, said the life of America’s 
higher institutions of learning was se- 
tiously threatened by the readjust- 
ments that were taking place. “But 
we can more easily spare men's Col- 
leges than women's colleges.” he gaid. 
“Men’s work in the world seems to 


demand that they specialize; women 


can afford time to take a broad, liberal 
training. They do not require to spe-- 
cialize so much. Perhaps nature has 
specialized them less.” 


WELL KNOWN PHRASES. 


Sentences One Quotes, but Often Can't 
“Place.” 

‘The phrase “leave no stone unturn- 
ed” is fre juently employed in every- 
day con-ersation, but yet nine people 
out of ten who use it would be unable 
to tell its derivation, 

The expression is taken from “Eurip- 
ides” and relates to gn answer given 
by the Delphic oracle to Polycrates 
about treasure buried by Xerxes’ gen- 
eral, Mardonius, on the battlefield of 
Plataea. “Ne : 

The oracle said that to discover the 
treasure it would be necessary to 
(translated literally) “turn every 
stone,’ which has gradually taken the 
form of “leaye no stone unturned” 
used nowadays. 


~. “A Feather In His Cap.” 

This familiar saying originated in 
warlike days, when it was customary 
for knights to honor such of their fol- 
lowers as distinguished themselves in 
battle by presenting them with a 
feather to wear in- their caps, which 
when not in armor was the covering 
of their heads, and no one was permit- 
ted that privilege who had not “killed 
his man.” 

Why They’re “Quakers.” 

Members of the Society of Friends 
are frequently designated by outsiders 
as “Quakers,” but few people probably 
have any idea that Quakers is a nick- | 
name given in scorn. 

George Fox, the founder of the sect, 
gives the origin of the name in his 
jourpal; “Justice Beunett of Derby 
was the first to call us ‘Quakers,’ be- 
cause I bade him quake‘and tremble 
at the word of the Lord.” This oc- 
curred in 1650. 


A Luncheon Dish. 

Smelts skewered in rings with heads 
and tails together, dipped in milk and 
four and fried in deep fat make an at- 
tractive fish course. 

Garnish the plate on which they are 
served with cress and slices of lemon 
that have been dipped in minced pare- 
ley. If they are to maké the main 
part of the meal, serve them around a 
mound of potato or make a potato bor- 
der and serve the fish rings in a 
mound. 

The smelts may be skewered with a 
toothpick, and the skewer may be re- 
moved after the fish is cooked, as the 
ring will usually, keep its shape. 


HEALTH AND BEAUTY 


In massaging wrinkles use the tips 
of the fingets and thumb, always 
working across the line. Never follow 
the lines of the creases. 

Washing the eyes morning and 
night in watér as hot as it can be 
borne is a wonderful tonic for those 
useful servants, which are so easily 
injured. 

hen a child is restless from teeth- 
ing it can often be quieted by giving 
| {t @ warm bath.. The water should be 
as hot as can be endured without 
burning. Do not allow the child to 
stay in the bath long, or weakness will 
follow. 

To reduce the bips stand up straight 
and by bending forward make the fin- 
ger tips touch the floor. Do not wear 
tight clothing and do not bend the 
knees. This is an old exercise, known 


as the “setting up” exercibe, and ts. 


nuch used in the army for this pur 


} 


Often when one has a eold the eyes 
feel hot and are red and inflamed. The 
best way to effect a cure is to bathe 

| the eyes frequently wah 9 Sone SS 


boric acid and water. eyes do 
jot feel improved after your coli dis- 
aseaet it would be weil to consult an 


oo 


at the post where 


‘he is found missing 
he is stationed until 
the inevitable hout. when an officer of 
any of a dozen different federal and 
civic denominations lands him in cus- 
tody he is a criminal marked for pun- 
ishment, and he is shrewd indeed if he 
aca pes. 

“Four-fifths of the deserters are for- 
eign born and professional army de- 
serters with bad records left behind 
them in Burope. These men, aa I un- 
derstand it, deserted from armies in 
the old countries, came here in search 
of work, didn’t get anything to suit 
them and joined our forces only to get 
tired and want to quit again. What 
they get in the end is a term in the 
guardhotse or in the national prison 
for bad soldiers. 

“Beside the chances of an escaping 

soldier to get away from his punish- 
ment that of an ordinary jailbreaker, 
hounded by civil officers, is a baga- 
telle. In the first plnce, a soldier in or 
out of uniform is a soldier in habits 
and carriage, with the telltale step 
and mangerisms of the service. The 
lockstep of the state prison will wear 
away because it is only an ‘incidental 
of prison life, and the convict doing 
time can do it more or less perfectly, 
according to his inclination or the 
watchfuiness of the guard, but the 
whole life of the soldler-is soldiering, 
and he, can never get away from it. 
, “Now, turn a-man so marked out in 
the world with a fifty dollar reward on 
his head and send to every village 
postoffice, police station, constable, 
sheriff and United States marshal in 
the whole country his accurate de- 
seription and a picture of him in two 
attitudes and you have placed him in 
the predicament of the deserting sol- 
dier and narrowed his chances to an 
infinitesimal bit of progress within 
fifty miles from the starting point 
without arrest.” 

The captain said that more money 
was probably spent by the government 
in advertising a deserter than the re- 
ward of $50 offered for his capture. 


SIZING UP. THE BABY. 


Varying Views of the Different Mem- 
bers of the Family. 

This is what the Browns had to say 
of the latest addition to the family: 

The Mother—Ob, isn’t he the cutest, 
grandest, handsomest, smartest little 
fellow in the whole world? Such eyes! 
Such features! Such shoulders! And 
hear him talk, will you} Why, he un- 
derstands perfectly every word I say. 

The Father—There’s a boy for you! 
Smith will brag about that kid of his, 
will he? Well, you just wait until this 
youngster is a month old, and Ill take 
the conceit out of Smith! 

Little Bobby—So that’s what the 
stork brought, eh? Gee, the stork must 
have it in for this family! 

Little Bella—Oh, ma, he’s swallowed 
all his teeth, and all his hair’s blowed 
off! 

Bachelor Brother—I don’t want to 
cause you folks any anxiety, but he’s 
the smallest human being 1 ever saw 
outside of a dime museum, You want 
to feed him upon roast beef anf por- 
terhouse steak right away. 

Uncle Jack (a dog fancier)—Is his 
nose cold? Hold him up by the back 
of his neck and we'll see if he’s got 
any nerve. 

Grandma—There you go, spoiling the 
child as soon as he has his eyes open! 
I suppose when he’s a month old we 
shall all bave to stand on our heads to 
amuse him! Give me that infant this 
instant before he bas colic and dies! 

The Family Cat—Well, that settles 
my bash! It‘s either bunt a new bome 
or become a tailless feline inside of a 
month. Why, that kid’s got a-grip on 
him like a longshoreman’s! 

The Baby—Goo-goo! Goo-goo! Goo- 
gdo-goo-goo! Or, in other words, I'll 
make it good and hot for this family 
about midnight! 


*His Name 'Was Sufficient. 
San Malato, the famous Sicilian duel- 
| Ist, seemed to have stepped into our 
prosaic modern life straight from the 
pages of Brantome., His fame had 
done more than penetrate the four cor- 
ners of Europe. It bad reached his 
own home, Some misguided Sicilian 
bandits held up.a coach one night and 
summoned its solitary traveler to 
come out. From the shadowy depths 
of the vehicle came two short sen- 
tences in a cold, staccato voice: 
“Spread out your cloaks, The mud 
must not spol] my boots when I de- 
scend.” The cutthroats fied with the 
awe striking whisper of “San Malato” 
upon their quivering lips.—London Tel- 
egraph. 


The Limit. 

“What did the doctor say was the 
matter with you Yr’ 

“He said be didn't know.” 

“Well, what doctor are you going to 
next?” 

“None. When. a doctor dares to make 
such an admission as that be must be 
about as high fo bis profession as he 
can get.”—London Mail. 


F Following Directions. 

Mr: McRooney (slightly indisposed)— 
’Tis not enough ay these pills yes got 
me, Norah. It says, begerry, “Take 
from two ¢’ four iv'ry night,” en’, bad 
cess t' thim, Of've took thim all, ac 
‘tis only quarter past 8.—Puck. 

ELE AES BEES, 
Remarkable. ; 

“What was the most remarkable 

sode you ever witnessed?” 


“Well, I once saw &@ woman close 8 
Couries 


street car door.”—Louisrille 
‘Journal. 


Good [Pointe For Quilty Members of 


Have you on your bookshelves the 
frst 
fle luge uinbered set of “The Count 
of Monte Cristo—ful! levant. limited 
editi 
ete.? | . 


it, and you had better take it back. 


you borrowed it. Nefther does the 
woman who lent it know to whom she 
lent it, worse luck, and there for years 
that gaping row in her bookcase bas 
eered at her like a man with a miss- 
ing front tooth. 


gazes at those three remaining vol- 
umés—useléss without the first. 


can’t be lost. Books like that aren't 
dropped inadvertently upon the street. 
Reople don't swee 
take in their dnstpans. 
somewhere.” Yés, but who's to know 
where? ° : 

‘Some day the lost and found col- 
umns of the newspapers will contain 
a notice like this; 


second 
please return it at my expense and re- 
ceive reward? No questions asked.” 


books. 
them to share them with other peo- 
ple, but sharing doesn’t usually mean 
giving. 


Made of Flexible Material to Conform 


that is sure to prove popular is shown 
in the illustration below, the inven- 
tion of an Illinois man. 
the pocket savings bank was in great 
demand; but, being constructed of 
metal, it was weighty and cumber- 
some in the pocket, This objection is 
overcome in the one shown here. Be- 
img made almost entirely of leather, 


ee 
the Community. 


lume of a four volume edition 


hand sewed, deckled edges, 
If you have, yor know you borrowed 


Perhaps you don't know from whom 


Through tears of aggravation she 


“Lost!” you say. “Why, the thing 


them up by mis- 
It must be 


“Will the person who borrowed my 
volume of ‘Lamb's Essays’ 


If this doesn’t work there would be 


a profitable field for some one who 
would organize o sort of secret sefvice 
book detective agency. 


Now, it is a beautiful thing to lend 
It adds to the joy of having 


It’s no-crime to borrow a book either. 


It gives one a delightful sense of com- 
radeship with the person from whom 
you borrow. 


But the point is to return ft, 
There’s a moral in all this, by the 


way, for the lenders as well as for 
the offending borrowers. The good 
lady who mourns her precious first 
volume was a little at fault herself. 


In the first place, she was not sure 


that her name was in the book, so 
that the guilty person may be as much 
at sea as herself, 
been in the book the matter wonld 
have been promptly reduced to one of 
willful carelessness, 


If her name had 


In the second place, even {if books 


dre clearly marked with the name and 
address of their owners, buman nature 
is weak and forgetful. No one should 
lend a book without making a note of 
it on a little card or notebook kept for 
the purpose. Then it’s a simple mat- 
ter to gently jog the memory of the 
erring friend. But, now that we are 
speaking of it, it wouldn’t do any, 
harm for all the inveterate and perni- 
cious. book borrowers to just take in- 
ventory and cast up accounts and then 
take back some of those borrowed 
books. 


HANDY SAVINGS BANK. 


to Shape of Pocket. 
A handy little pocket savings bank 


At one time 


a 


POCKBT SAVINGS BANK. 


with the exception of the smal! metal 
slot for the reception of the coin, it 
ean readily be carried without incon- 


venience in any pocket. Being pliable 


and flexible, it readily conforms to 
the shape of the pocket. The idea of 


the inventor is to make these pocket 
savings banks as cheaply as possible, 
so that they must be destroyed to re- 
move tue contents. A new one can 
then be purchased at an outlay of a 
few cents, 


A New Veil Roll. 

Which isn't a rol| at all, because it’s 
a stick, owing to the manner of ite 
making and to the: present width of 
veils. It looks like a stick of mint can- 
dy and fs made of six inch white satin 
ribbon edged with balf inch red satin 
ribbor and then twisted in a bigs twirl 
exactly like striped candy down @ 
jong pasteboard roll.. The rol! has first 
beep covered with scented cotton, and 
the whole thing has a delicious look 
when finished. 


‘\ 


Gypsy Earrings. 

Among all the other new earrings 
that appear come the old fashioned 
loops of gold, known as the gypsy ear- 
rings, They were offered by the leading 
shops during the holiday season, and 
women are already wearing them 
the day as well as the evening. 
set in them. 


im | #lways the first 


hang close |@#y Easter day le the 
ee} 


FUN WITH A BALLOON. 


interesting Bisertinent That Mystifies 


Vatil Explained. 
The toy balloon that you buy from 


the man on the street corner is a pret- 
ty thing to play with for a day, but. 
then its color becomes deadented, ite 
beautiful roundness departs, and it 
looks like a misshapen, wrinkled ghost 
of itself, But, though it can no longer 
perform the duty for which it was 
made and sall proudly aloft to thé ex- 
tent of its tether, a ball of brililant 
red, it still has the power to afford 
amusement to little folk and ih a way, 
that you would scarcely expect, 


Take up the poor, wilted little thing 


and lay it on the edge of a chair.or a 
table. 
er of anything to restore it to life. But 
let a woman or a girl stand near ‘It 
and then start away from it at a run, 
all through the toom, out into the hall 
and into another room, and see how 
the dead thing will come to life, for it 
will follow her everywhere at a dis- 
tance of two or three feet, moving rdp- 
idly if she moves rapidly, slowly if she 
moves slowly, stopping if she stops— 
in fact, it seems to be endowed’ with 


It seems dead beyond the pow- 


THB TOY BALLOON FOLLOWS. 
life and regulates its movements by 


hers. It acts precisely as if it were 
tied to the girl's dress, 

This apparently mysterious action of 
the half empty balloon is caused by 
the displacement of the air by the 
girl's movéments, That is to say, at 
every step she takes she pushes the 
air in front of ber aside and leaves a 
hole in the air (or vacuum, as ft is call- 
ed) in the place where she last stood, 
Into this partial vacuum a light cur 
rent of air flows to fill it, bearing the 
balloon with it. The more rapidly the 
girl moves the faster will the balloon 
follow, because the more air is thus 
displaced. 

It takes a woman or a_girl to suc- 
ceed in this experiment because her 
skirts make more of a vacuum than 
a man’s clothing can make.—Philadelk- 
phia Resord. : 


BATHS A MONTH LONG. | 


Patiente at Japanese Health Resort | 


Live In the Water. 

The Jdpanese are fond of bathing in 
extremely hot water. They are, in 
fact, the most cleanly, according to 
our western notion, of any of the east~ 
ern peoples. ‘Their bath is taken as 
frequently as twice a day, often at a 
temperature of about 110 degrees F., 
says the Chicago News. 

An odd description has been given of 
the amphibious lives, half in water 
and balf out, like frogs, led by the vis- 
itors at a bealth resort where there 
are warm mineral springs in the beart 
of the Japanese mountains, Patients 
at this sanitarium often remain in the 
water for a month at atime, At night 
they put a stone on their laps to keep 
them from floating downstream. And 
if it should be objected that this 1s am 
unhealthy method of conducting a 
health resort reference bas only to be 
made to the caretaker of the estab- 
lishment, a hearty old man over eighty 
years of age, who frequently remains 
in the bath all winter, directing the 
business of the place from a station 
waist deep in the warm, flowing water, 


Can You Tell? 

What literary person is disguised 
thus: (1) Not sbort and a male? (2) 
Not wet and the lion's home? @) A 
slang phrase? (4) A species of tree? 
(5) To put away? (6) Cries of wild ani- 
mals? (7) A brave general? (8): Used 
to unlock with? (9) An unpleasant sen- 
sation? (10) Used by sculptors? (11> 
A Buropean country? (12) Unsettied 
water? (13) Not far away? (14) Smail 
bodies of water? (15) What Diana 
was the goddess of? (16) A boy’s name 
and a weight? 

Answers: 1, Longfellow; 2, Dryden; 
8, Dickens; 4, Hawthorne; 5, Stowe; 
6, Howells; 7, Scott; 8, Key; 9, Payne; 
10, Clay; 11, Holland; 12, Riley; 13, 
Nye; 14, Brooks; 15, Hunt; 16, Carlton, 
~Philadelphia Ledger. 


Some Odd Fishes. 
Among the more curious of the fishes 
received lately at the New York city 
aquarium from Bermuda was a siip- 
pery dick. The slippery dick is only a 
dittle Gish pot more than five or six’ 
Inches long, but it is shapely and re- 
markable for its coloring: Its head ts 
of a dark green, and {n a solid line jost 
back of its head runs a well defined 
band of a lighter color thap either bead 
or body, like a collar. 


The Date of Easter, 
Following is the rule by which the 
fate of Waster ts fixed: Haster Gay ts 
after the full 
moon that falls on or next after March 
21, and if the full moon falis on a Sun- 
efter. This will explain why the date 

varies so much. 


Trefie Lord and Miss Shan- 
Hon, Of Red Deer, spent Victoria 
Day ‘with friends ‘and’ relatives 
here. : 


C, A. Bower, formerly with C. 
R. Denike but now of Culgary, 
was calling. on old friends here the 
first of the week. 


The Sacrament of the Lord’s 
Supper will be dispensed in the 
Presbyterian church on Sabbath 
at the morning service. 


Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Puffer have 
announced the engagement of 
their daughter Amy E, to Mr. 
Morley L. Bowen, both of La- 
tombe. The wedding will take 
place in June. 


‘The license of the hotel at Sto- 
ney Plain where Edward Inglis 
was recently killed by Gus Zucht 
as the outcome of a series of 
drunken fights, has been cancelled. 
The Department cannot permit lh- 
censed premises to be conducted 
in such a disorderly manner. 


Vermilion now has two news- 
papers. 
The Standard appeared on May 
19, under the ownership of the 
Vermilion Printing and Publish. 
ing Co., S. P. R. Cooper, editor. 
The announced policy of the pa- 
per is independent politically. 


No. t of Volume 1 of 


Ghastly Find at Spruceville. 


On the evening of the roth, 
Walter Redel, while hunting cattle 


- discovered the body of an infant 


in a box barely covered with earth, 
on the school section near the 
Spruceville.school house. 

The police were notified and 
the box and contents removed to 


Lacombe.. An examination re- 


rpepsia, gastritis 


Ts aaial oth eet a nes 


dead a month. 

At the conclusion of the taking 
of evidence the Jury brought in 
the following verdict; 

“That the said child came to 
its death by neglect of some per- 
son. or persons unknown, and at 4 
time and place also unknown.” 

The Mounted Police were 
promptly notified of the circum 
s ances of the case and in one day 
had the resposible parties located. 

Jenny Degeer, the ‘confessed 
mother of the babe, was arrested 
on Monday and taken before John 
McKenty, J. P., for her prelimi- 
nary trial on the charge of con- 
cealment of birth which caused 
the death of the child. From her 
statement the child was born on 
March 24, and was kept concealed 
in town until May 4th, when she 
and a young man named Ab. 
Saunders, took the corpse out to 
Spruceville and buried it. -She 
was sent up for trial, and taken to 
Calgary Monday night. 

Ab. Saunders was arrested as 


an outcome of the Degeer girl’s 
statement, and was charged with 
attempting to conceal birth. He 
also had his preliminary Monday 
and was sent up for trial. 


Cures Indigestion. 

Take your sour stomach—or 
maybe yoy call it indigestion, dys- 
1 or catarrh of 
stomach; it doesn’t matter—take 
your stomach trouble right with 
you to your Pharmacist and ask 
him to open a 50 cent case of 
Pape’s Diapepsin and let you eat 
one 22-grain Triangule and see if 
within five minutes there is left 
any trace of your stomach misery. 

The correct name for your 
trouble is fodd fermentation— food 
souring; the digestive organs be- 
come weak, there is lack of gastric 


vealed the fact that the child had |Juice; your food is only half di- 


been crowded into the* box soon 
after birth. 

Dr. Sharpe, coroner, decided 
that the circumstances demanded 
an inquest, and empannelled the 
following jury on Friday after- 
noon: M.G. Brown, A. D. Mur- 
phy, Malcolm McDonald, E. Tits- 
worth, W. D. Spice, and A. J. 
McLaughlin. Considerable evi- 
dence was taken. 

Walter Redel, who discovered 
the body, gave evidence as fol- 
lows: 

“I am fifteen vears old. On 
Wednesday night about dusk I 
first saw the box. 
for cattle. The box was in a hole 
about a foot square and four inch- 
es deep.and had a sod on the top 
about a foot square. At first I no- 
ticed a corner of the box not cov- 
ered and shoved the sod off with 
my foot and lifted up the box and 
shoved it just beside the hole. The 
lid was in two pieces and I raised 
one and looked in, but could not 
see what it was that night. 1 
came back next day at noon and 
saw there was a young child io the 
box. 
back to school, got my horse and 
went home and told my brother 
Arthur what I had seen.” 


I was hunting 


I left it as it was and went 


Dr, Hynes, who performed the 
post mortem examination on the 
body, testified that it was the body 
of an apparently fully developed 
male infant, well nourished and 
with all organs normal. He did 
not think it was still-born. He 
could not say what caused its 
death. The infant’s hair was red- 


gested, and you become affected 
with loss of appetite, pressure and 
fullness after eating, vomiting, 
nausea, heartburn, griping in bow- 
els, tenderness in the pit of stom. 
ach, bad taste in mouth, constipa- 
tion, pain in limbs, sleeplessness, 
belching of gas, biliousness, sick 
headache, nervousness,, dizziness 
and many other similar symptoms. 

If your appetite is fickle, and 
nothing tempts you, or you belch 
gas or if you feel bloated after 
eating, or your food lies like a lump 
of lead on your stomach, you can 
make up your mind that at the 
bottom of all this there is but one 
cause—fermentation of undigested 
food. 

Prove to yourself after your 
next meal that your stomach is as 
good as any; that there is nothing 
really wrong. Stop this fermenta- 
tion and begin eating what you 
want without fear of discomfort or 
misery. 

Almost instant relief is waiting 
for you. It is merely a matter of 


how soon you take a little Diapep- 
sin, 


Suicide Near Red Willow. 

On May the roth, near Red 
Willow, the body of Frank Swan, 
21 years of age, was found in the 
water tank of a steam plowing 
outfit. The coroner’s inquest re- 
vealed the fact that he had first 
tried to commit suicide by cutting 
his throat, and failing in that had 


jumped into the tank and drowned | Fj, 


himself. The tragedy took place 
at a slough where he had gone to 


get water for the engine. 


settee: cate cpr eee SB pete ot dha 


. 


al dish brown. It might have been| pepue gems 


: Lavombe, March 22nd, 1909, 
To The Mayor and Councillors , : 
Town of Lacombe. 


Dear Sirs :— 


I beg to submit herewith Annual Statements of the Town of 


Lacombe for year ending December 31st, 1908. 


The Revenue Deficit of 1907 viz: $9,747.69, you will notice has 


been reduced to $8,438.87. 


I would say that.the Executive and Finance department has ex- 


ceeded their estimate by $185.04 for the year. 


Pablic Works department has exceeded their estimate by $454.44. 
Police, Parks and Cemetery has exceeded theirs by $129.62. 
Bylaw, Relief and Health ate under their estimate by $157.70. 
Fire, Water and Light are under their estimate by $37.28, with 
reference to latter however there was a bill of the Blindman Electric 
Light and Power Co. amount $197.50 outstanding, which if it had been 
paid in 1908 would have caused them also to éxceed their appropriation 


by $159.22. 


Publicity and New Industries does not appear to have spent any 


of their appropriation. 


You will notice I have down an amount of $156.98 for “Debentare 
No. 4 Sinking Fund.” This is the frontage tax which was assessed in 
the year 1908 and is not payable to debenture holders till April 1909. 

The Macdonald Suspense Account bas now been reduced to $38.94 
and the amount of $66.00 paid twice to the Piper Brick Co, of Red 
Deer has not yet been repaid, so that the actual cash in Bank is $66.00 


less than amount shown in my statement. 


Yours very truly, 


JESSE FRassEr, Auditor. 


ASSETS 


Taxes in arrears at 3lst December 1907..... .. 
Less paid in 1908...............-.0.8 00. 


Taxes for year 1908, Town............ pees. :88607 73 

' ee ee ere ‘ 8262.25 

Special frontage tax.....: “ 156.93 

Charges for destruction o 

noxious weeds..... ¢ .40 

Letwe COMOcted uj cece cece ee ccc emeee eens 11862 .15 

“ discount allowed............6.....4. 449.67 

Total Arrears of Taxes at 3lat December 1908.......... 

Cash on hand at 3lst December 1908..,............... 

Cash in bank at. 3ist December 1908.................. 

Frowmmie DRG a2 Ko os cece sp cbeseec ote pegeces 

Special taxes char, against property 1906)... :... Ai 

Public Works Sn oe amount at hs Dec. 1907..,. 

Fire Apparetue amount at 3st Dec, 1907. ............ 
Fire 1, site and building, amount at 3ist Dec. 1907.. . 

addition added in 1908.... 

Furniture and fixtures, amount at 3ist Dec. 1907...... 

Look-ap. ballding....... 0... cect eens cep erence oeecanes 

Tanks tank houses and engine house, at 3let Dec. 1907. 

Wells and pumps, amount at Slat Dec. 1907............ 


Less pump sold to Agr’l Society .................. 


Nuisance Ground, amount at 3let Dec. 1907........... 
Land adjoining mill site ......... 5. cece eee ee eens 
Sidewalks (concurrent value with debenture liability). . 

Less paid in 


Mortgage on Mill... . ec cc ee ee eee ee ees 
Drain, amount at 3let December 1907..,.............. 
BAddd ber IDA. . coin cdeweccncscvesgenesccceges 


Street grading and sidewalks (1908 special Bylaw 13 B). 
Cemetery fees 1908 (since paid)...........6.... cesar 


eee ee ee ee ee oe ee 


Bille Payable. ....... cc cece epee cece ee cece ences 

Nelson School District— 
Balance outstanding at 3lat Dec. 1907............. 
School taxes for year‘’1908 
proportion of discount........... 


Outstanding Accounts, as follows:— 
B. F. Bailey (cemetery lot)..............6..0 0.0008 
Morrison & Johnston. ........... 0.0... eee eee ee 


Sinking Fund for Debenture No. 4 (frontage tax)...... 
Dobanture No. losses veto cde ecese er tegeceecvedenes 
Less 5 payments account principle................ 


Debdenture No. 2......... 606s cece pons ceeoneceeneesees 
Less 3 payments account principle................ 


Diabemtare NG. 3.0.06 55c06 6. cmes cee be ss cea cede tases 
Less 3 payments account principle.....,.......... 


Debenture No. 4 (frontage tax)............66-.-- 0005. 
Debenture No. 5 (drain)..........6. 0.0000 eee eee ee ee 
Debenture No. 6 (street grading and sidewalks)....,... 


REVENUES 
Taxes—Town ..........,.0005 $7520.86 
2086 . 87 
$0607 , 73 
Benoa. i255 nak coves sos es apne 8262 25 


Special firntage tax... 6.0.0... eee eee ees 
Toterest on arrears Of taxes......... 00. c eee eee 
Market and Pound............... -... 

UGG as a ioe cue Ona saab wake oree 4s he 


Cometory fees... 0.0... cee eee ee eee. 


Rent 
Charges for noxious weeds.... ... 2.0.6.6 cece ee eee 
Suo 4 


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ERE eT NTRS aS ONES RAR NO A 


orders receive prompt attention. 


Phone 83. 


$6400 . 20 
3022.88 
—_— $3377.32 
18063.31 
12311, 82 5741.49 
9118.81 
156.73 
66.00 
153,95 
376.68 
3438.87 
12934.36 
8.00 
54.25 
3575.50 
8800.00 
150.00 
— 3950.00 
416.00 
100.00 
1050.00 
1150.00 
15.10 
—_—-- 1134.90 
750.00 
648.00 
1120.00 
140,00 
———. 980.00 
5000.00 
6487.94 
592.15 
ae a 7080.09 
2350, 84 
60.00 
840100.94 
$8000.00 
$2008 . 48 
8066.00 
10063. 48 
5300.00 
—— 4763.48 
4.00 
9.85 
7.30 
16.10 
197.50 
4.25 
—__—_— 238.00 
156.93 
8000.00 
2000 .00 
—— 6000.00 
5000.00 
1500.00 as 
ee 3500 .00 
$000.00 
900.00 
———— 2100.00 
2082. 
4918 .00 
$4758.41 
5342.63 
$40100.94 
817869 . 98 


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Six EXPENDITURES ' : a 
Revenue Deficit 1907. ......... 4) Pe ee SER 9747.69 j 
Outstanding accounts provided for, since paid. .... 261.02 i 4 
Resgutive oe Finance... cee. e ee ees EE buns ca nh Rout 09 , 
Public Works Department..........60.. 0... eee 44 {> 
Fire Water and Light Departmont................ 0.5. 1423.62 
Addition Town Hall........... LRearye Se tewphsevnbeses Rot 
icé Parke and Gemetery....... 0... eens 1199. 
Nelson School District, amount as per assessment. .... ei) 
Less proportion of discount. ...... 00.0.6... 6.606. Rs) 
ate 8055.00 
Bylaw Relief and Hoalth....... 6... 060.00 ed cece cen 1252.30 
Outstanding accounts... ..)......6 6 cece eee cee eee 261.02 
DIGG 06s Shae) Sheds = Segengs ine be 0s Mes db secReeee pe » 502.15 i 
Interest and Discount to Bapk.........5........ 06.5. 1047.95 / 
Local Improvements (Streets and Sidewalks)... . 84 Coy 
Bundrie@ os)... eee Yee chbue «ves cane@pA vebinee tes 11,97 ‘> 
Debenture Inatallmenta.... 2... 6.6... eee eee eee .00 
Debentate Interest... 5.6.0... ccc dec eee e cee es 640.00 
Debenture No. 4 Sinking Fund (being Frontage Tax ; 
assessed in 1908 for payment due 1909)............ 156.93 
Outstanding Accounts:— 
B: F. ee ee TOG) 5 ssc 0es aed Mitkeswce ve 4.00 
Morrison & Johnston. ... 0.0.52... 06. cece ee eee 9.85 » 
Oi Fe, WHATIO Ys occ cc heec cc cc teecrectiectenes 7.30 
Campbell & Titeworth................ 0... c cece 15.10 
Blindman Electric Light & Power Co............. 197.50 
WHO TRB i acc nd cere cvepeneeee tes 4.2 
' ——- ‘238 .00 
$31625.60 
en eeeentoeak. rn _ are ——————— 
RECEIPTS 1908 
Taxes Year 1908 collected... ........... 0.00. cee eee eee $11882.15 
Back Tax NOG | feso nk see ccs tens se Me items once 3022.88 
Interest on Taxes.... 2.2.0... eee eee cece eee ete eens 174,39 
Market and Pound Pa) 
gt Rie nea toy ob iy en 52.60 
Cemetery Fees............. 23.60 
See ear ree 898.00 ’ 
NOM oats 6 ccfe davis Clint aves bp evo tais eh aaieate 8 es f 46 .00 
PON EWS 5 ores ce ds eve e View ee ee ee acct as teenie Mead 126.00 
Debonraree oo ciswi eck cece ceeces ce ncce cece ctcececnes 9104 .00 
TROBE. Fag cco etn Qtocee soak sereewrcese Badia sere eneiate ose 40.00 
UGA RG ois Bcd hee 65% pisses gba cowie. oalesievee Bev be we 72.% 
Be POPE O. cess cerstudescesaccVelget twee Veaviec $3043.75 
Drain Cobnection..... ..... ; Adisraere’s lb.b cos enieata-ein ies 62.35 
108519. 32 
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DISBURSEMENTS 1908 
Balance at Debit 3lst December 1907 $ 619.89 
Rrscatiss ana Finance....... alg 
ublic:Works.... 05... 24...... 
Fire, Water and Light........ Jee xr anaes 157H°62 
Police, Parks and Gemetery............ 0... .08 2 eee 1129.62 
Schools... ... CoN Acie ccsorvers anus dg aenatonie 5900:00 =», 
Dehentiires ...... 5... cece eee eee Pe eesials.ccs 1840.00 7 
By-Law Relief and Health.../........ 0.2... .000 seen bs a 
Outstanding Accounts,.....-.0....5464. ites . , 261.02 
POE no see gb ere h eda aveteys PTET RPO. SOE eee 592.15 
Local Improvement By-Law’ No. 13 B..............-0 2359.84 
Intérest and Discount to Bank.«.:..............6... \ 1081.70 
Mile Payable... 5.000 ndoincphedatebectsepanves 88500 .00 
BOATING: o> one's ag stees ob casei ‘ 17,97 \ 
Oash on hand 3lst December 1908. $156.75 
Cash in Bank 3lst December 1908............0... 0206 { 153.95 
66.00 P.B.Co. 
376.68 
108519. 32 y 


O'GRADY BROS. 


BUTCHERS 


Have opened an up-to-date butcher shop in «the 


Lacombe Meat Market, on 
east of Royal Hotel. 


EDITORIAL NOTES. 


Not content with knocking the 
town and the district as a whole, 
the Globe this week goes out of 
its way to knock Railway street 
in particular. We have no great- 
er interest in this street than has 
any other citizen of Lacombe, but 
the Globe’s senseless knocking ot 
it is nevertheless greatly to be de-i 
plored. Nostreet in the town is 
of more importance than this one, 
It is the street that makes the 


00| first impression on every stranger 


who comes into the town or _pass- 
It is 
greatly to the interest of the town 
that it should be built up and kept 
up, but the Globe’s knocking can- 
not be otherwise than injurious. 


The editor of the Globe is not 
the first one to intimate that we 
will not be permitted to do busi- 
ness in Lacombe if we are going 
to allow a farmer now and then to 
have a little space in our paper. 
Some six years ago the leading 
merchants of the town told us 
very pointedly that this paper 
could expect no support frony the 
merchants uuless we would con- 


A full line of fresh and salt meat 
will always be kept on hand. Prompt delivery. Phone 


Dolmage street, next door 


sent to be dictated to by. their 7 
clique. The particular matter that 
angered the merchants at that time 
was the placing of a column’ of 
our paper at the disposal of the 


Farmer’s Association, and we 


were told without any mincing of 
words that this must cease or the 

merchants would withhold their | 
patronage from our paper, The 

Globe makes it clear that there is 

no great change in their attitude, 


Lacombe Public Mart, 

A meeting of the committee 
was held in Crow’s office om Sat- 
urday. Progress was reported in 
connectien with the opening sale 
on the roth June. The secretary 
was directe@ to write to the local 
press regarding the time of entries; 
some misunderstanding having 
arisen in that respéct. Only pure- 
bred stock entries have to be past- 
ed by June grd. For all other 
stock and goods of any kiod, ¢n- 
tries will be taken up to and in- 
cluding day of sale. 


Blackfaids. 8 a) 
Evangelist H. Gordon Bennett 
is conduCting a revival in“ Black- © 
filds in the Public Hall. Three 
services next Suoday 11 4. my 3 
p- m. aod 8 pei. Stereoptican 
pictures each service, .